Others render themselves transparent. Take the transparent gossamer worm, which ranges in size from a few millimetres to around a metre long and shimmies through the water by fluttering its frilly … [+3202 chars]
Carbon dioxide or CO2 can potentially be used as a feedstock to be converted into carbon-neutral "solar fuels" that store energy from the sun. But for them to be competitive with fossil fuels, the ch… [+5540 chars]
All being well, in four months CAPSTONE will be in a position to begin innovative surfboard-shaped "near rectilinear halo orbits" around the Moon. Weighing about as much as a suitcase, the satellite… [+648 chars]
When faced with a formidable foe for months on end, the immune system's T cells begin to tire. Whether fighting a cancer or a chronic infection, they become less effective over time, a phenomenon dub… [+5334 chars]
image: The lab of Mikel Holcomb, associate professor of physics and astronomy, contains an optics table with an ultrafast laser. It is designed to pump a lot of power into a sample in order to see wh… [+4444 chars]
An international team of scientists found that sociality is not linked to intestinal nematode infection in Asian elephants. The researchers looked at loneliness and characteristics of the elephants' … [+5397 chars]
Movies featuring space missions to Mars may no longer receive “rotten tomatoes” as astronauts could have their own farm of fresh space tomatoes! Scientists at the University of California Riverside … [+1386 chars]
The age of the noctilucent cloud is upon us. Night-shining clouds are historically rare, beautiful formations of shimmering ice crystals hanging in the upper atmosphere that were only visible in the … [+3402 chars]
All being well, in four months CAPSTONE will be in a position to begin innovative surfboard-shaped "near rectilinear halo orbits" around the Moon. Weighing about as much as a suitcase, the satellite… [+648 chars]
image: Valleytronics researchers have developed 2D material that significantly enhances the utility of exciting particles.view more Credit: Nano Research, Tsinghua University Press The emerging fi… [+8362 chars]
Scientists are abuzz with anticipation for the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest and most powerful infrared space-based telescope, which will be revealed in Jul… [+9365 chars]
Perseverance has a big job to do while roving across Jezero and exploring the Delta Front, which is campaign #2 of the mission. One of the major goals of this mission (and campaign) is searching for … [+2636 chars]
