Juno photos of Jupiter are absolutely stunning, as weve seen before. But as we all know, they arent here just to amaze us, they have major scientific importance. And you, our dear reader, can now con… [+2365 chars]
Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences have created new fluorescent chemical compounds (fluorophores) for photodynamic therapy of cancerous… [+3717 chars]
Life (as we know it) is based on carbon. Despite its ubiquity, this important element still holds plenty of secrets, on earth and in the heavens above us. For example, astrophysicists like Columbia's… [+3912 chars]
Jun 27 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith At the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou (RIBLL), China, a “black” environment was developed to search for a faint flash of light as proof of isomer depletion. F… [+4173 chars]
All cell membranes in the human body have embedded proteins that serve as sensors, messengers or as a means of transporting and regulating substances going in and out of the cell. Transport proteins … [+7178 chars]
This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. Even before the recent craze about sentient chatbots, large language models (LLM) had been the source of much excitement and concer… [+7519 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]
Researchers have reportedly discovered an alternate way to produce energy-efficient food using artificial photosynthesis. The study was issued in the journal Nature Food. Under the study, scientists… [+2210 chars]
Scientists think it’s possible that the two genes, PEN1 and SYP122, paved the way for all kinds of terrestrial plant life. Researchers have shed new light on how plant life originated on Earth rese… [+6075 chars]
Today's VIS image shows the southern cliffside of Tithonium Chasma (top of image) and the complete cross section of Ius Chasma (center of image). Ius Chasma and Thithonium Chasma are at the western e… [+1754 chars]
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have lower levels of the neuromodulator acetylcholine (ACh) in their brains. Donepezil, an AD drug, increases brain ACh levels and improves AD-associated learni… [+5566 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]
