What is the origin of life on Earth? Is there life on other planets? These age-old questions may finally be answered when NASAs Europa Clipper conducts 44 flybys of Europa, Jupiters fourth largest m… [+10980 chars]
ByUniversity of Texas at AustinJune 27, 2022 Origin of Life artists concept. The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been… [+4981 chars]
Almost 1,000 bacteria species hundreds new to science have been found in the glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau, yet another indication that weve barely scratched the surface of the microbial world. Ho… [+2648 chars]
Global food demand is a global dilemma. Over the past century, the world population has quadrupled. Food demand is expected to grow between 59 to 98 percent by 2050, yet it may not be possible for … [+5988 chars]
Te Pnaha Matatini study finds hands-on training prompts better reflection, deeper insights Academics in New Zealand have designed a “cardboard laundromat” to get their fellow scientists thinking abo… [+279 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]
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]
Life on Earth began in the oceans. In the search for life on other planets, the potential for liquid water is therefore a key ingredient. To find it, scientists have traditionally looked for planets … [+4919 chars]
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]
Scientists have already established that octopuses are smarter than your average invertebrate, but a new discovery suggests one of the reasons why: a specific molecular analogy with the human brain. … [+2916 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]
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]
