A small international team of researchers has found that it is possible to test navigation skills in chimpanzees using virtual reality technology. In their paper published in the journal Science Adva… [+2923 chars]
NASA CARRIED OUT its first ever launch from a commercial site in Australia yesterday, as part of plans to conduct studies that can only be carried out in the Southern Hemisphere. The launch, carried… [+2001 chars]
Radon and CO2 fluxes at Furnas Fumarolic Field Radon and CO2 fluxes were measured in June 2016 at the surface using the accumulation chamber method (see Methods section; Supp. Fig. S1) around the ma… [+17463 chars]
In a recent study published online in The Plant Cell, Prof. Yang Wenqiang's research team from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has reported the critical role of the… [+3137 chars]
The central core of a test model of ESAs new Ariane 6 heavy lift rocket has been assembled for the first time in the purpose-built Launcher Assembly Building at Europes Spaceport in French Guiana.Ari… [+1244 chars]
Scientists believe it likely that the two genes, PEN1 and SYP122, paved the way for all terrestrial plant life. Researchers shed new light on how plant life became established on the surface of the … [+6097 chars]
Due to the malleable quality of liquid metals and the existence of surface oxide film, exploring the contact performance and interface charge transfer has proven difficult for systems based on liquid… [+5565 chars]
Using data from ESA's XMM-Newton satellite and NASA's NuSTAR space observatory, Indian astronomers have performed a broadband X-ray analysis of a unique intermediate polar known as Paloma. Results of… [+3434 chars]
Printed Electronics World Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it's tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting. For decades, cuff-b… [+3930 chars]
These six countries are about to go to the Moon heres why, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. In the next year, no fewer than seven missions are heading to … [+711 chars]
Clay-based 2D nanofluidics are potential candidates for boosting the practical implementation of osmotic energy harvesting because they are inexpensive and easy to prepare on a large scale. However, … [+5991 chars]
Scientists warn an imminent mass annihilation of marine species similar to one 250 million years ago that wiped out most lives in oceans Justin Penn and Curtis Deutsch, scientists from Stanford Unive… [+6976 chars]