An exoplanet hunter and first-light detector on NASA's next-generation space telescope is ready to do science, six months after the observatory launched to space. The $10 billion James Webb Space Te… [+3158 chars]
Chaos in natural populations appears to be much more common than previously recognized, according to a new analysis by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries.Populations of organisms in natur… [+3070 chars]
In many Missouri backyards, a carpet of small purple or white violets is a sure sign of spring. Research from Matthew Austin, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington … [+1456 chars]
CAIRO – 27 June 2022: While traveling on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity rover discovered evidence of the past existence of lakes on the "Red Planet". The NASA rover detected on Mount Sharp, whic… [+1822 chars]
Most people use walking as their primary form of locomotion. It’s hard to imagine that millions of years ago, our ancestor primates crawled on four limbs and rarely walked on two limbs. Over time, hu… [+1784 chars]
Why send teens into space? They are the ideal astronaut candidates: They are less likely to grasp the inherent risks involved in space travel, so might be less terrified to know they are about to be … [+5566 chars]
Boetius, A., Anesio, A. M., Deming, J. W., Mikucki, J. A. & Rapp, J. Z. Microbial ecology of the cryosphere: sea ice and glacial habitats. Nat. Rev. Microbiol.13, 677690 (2015). This Review artic… [+106 chars]
When the COVID pandemic broke out and Italy experienced a strict lockdown, news stories started reporting anecdotal evidence about women forced to live under the same roof with abusive partners. Howe… [+4192 chars]
Whether or not a solid can emit light, for instance as a light-emitting diode (LED), depends on the energy levels of the electrons in its crystalline lattice. An international team of researchers led… [+2992 chars]
Summer brings the urge to dust off our suitcases and set off on a well-deserved holiday. It is always a special time of the year, and after all we have been through, this year’s holiday will be even … [+2847 chars]
One of the largest comets known is approaching our planet on the only trip through the inner solar system it will make during our lifetimes. Five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted a lar… [+2241 chars]
Jun 27 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Topological mathematics and machine learning have been utilized by theoretical scientists to determine a concealed relationship between thermal conductivity and nan… [+5816 chars]
