A giant asteroid’s impact is considered the likely cause of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs almost 66 million years ago. While there is no potential harm from an asteroid on the Earth at presen… [+4862 chars]
Arctic: A region that falls within the Arctic Circle. The edge of that circle is defined as the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost poi… [+6801 chars]
Adriana Ariza-Pardo at Bahía Balleneros, Deception Island. Adriana Ariza-Pardo Colombian geoscientist Adriana Ariza-Pardo is delving into the origins of a sunken, active volcano that also serves a… [+4003 chars]
An FDA-approved blood sugar-lowering medicine may help prevent vascular constriction and stiffness in aged male mice. The study shows that the medication stopped the constriction and stiffening of t… [+3108 chars]
By: Bill Wellock | Published: June 30, 2022 A decade ago, physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced a newly discovered subatomic particle: the Higgs boson. The … [+2099 chars]
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has awarded $600,000 of additional funding towards a concept that would see swarms of diminutive swimming robots sent to explore oceans on moons or planets throughout… [+3339 chars]
<li>Rheinemann, L. & Sundquist, W. I. Virus budding. Encyclopedia of Virologyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-814515-9.00023-0 (2021). </li><li>Brown, R. S., Wan, J. J. & Kielian, M. The al… [+9657 chars]
Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes -- which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs -- using new synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering… [+4565 chars]
What we thought we knew about carnivorous plants was swiftly called into question after scientists discovered a new species in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Ne… [+4321 chars]
Terrestrial and marine habitats have been considered the ecosystems with the highest levels of conversion of inorganic to organic carbon a phenomenon called primary production. For instance, microsco… [+2452 chars]
Not yet a subscriber? Ex Libris is focused on enabling the research community to obtain the most timely and trusted information surrounding COVID-19. We are responding to this challenge by providing… [+602 chars]
By Jack Guy, CNN A pair of orcas have driven great white sharks away from a stretch of South African coast after killing five sharks over just a few months in 2017, according to a new study. Great … [+4085 chars]
