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]
A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan may have discovered a missing link between bacterial cells and animal and plant cells, including those of humans. They named it the Odin tubulin.… [+2985 chars]
<li>Halliwell, B. & Gutteridge J. M. C. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine 5th edn (Oxford Univ. Press, 2015). </li><li>Sies, H. et al. Defining roles of specific reactive oxygen species (ROS… [+22687 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On February 11th, 2016, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the detection of gravitational waves (GW) for the first time. As predicted by Einstein’… [+5140 chars]
We simulate the gaseous envelope using a spherically symmetric model that solves the structure equations of a planets interior assuming hydrostatic equilibrium63,64,65: $$\frac{{{{\mathrm{d}}}}m}{{{… [+25601 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]
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]