Aquilaria sinensis (family Thymelaeaceae) is the principal source of Chinese agarwood. It is a vulnerable evergreen tree native to lowland forests in southern China. Its fruit matures during the June… [+3084 chars]
<li>Kardashev, N. S. et al. RadioAstrona telescope with a size of 300000km: main parameters and first observational results. Astron. Rep.57, 153194 (2013). ADS Article Google Scholar </li><li… [+7214 chars]
A team of MIT researchers is investigating a radical method for countering the effects of climate change, a press statement reveals. They propose to use a fleet of "space bubbles" to reflect sunligh… [+3298 chars]
A quartet of researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology has found that a careful look at the way large birds perch could perhaps lead to improvements in the ways that drones are … [+2931 chars]
Scientists turned to an oddball bacterial molecule that looks like a jaw full of sharp teeth to create a new type of fuel that could be used for all types of vehicles, including rockets. (Credit: Jen… [+10007 chars]
It was the appearance of sea urchins from their hiding spots, not an increase in the urchin population, which caused a spectacular outbreak of kelp-eating sea urchins along California’s Central Coast… [+4988 chars]
Fermilabs Muon g 2 experiment uses this circular electromagnet to store muons, so that their magnetic moment can be measured with unprecedented precision.Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory/SPL T… [+6299 chars]
WASHINGTON - NASA administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday the agency will reveal the "deepest image of our Universe that has ever been taken" on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb S… [+1667 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]
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has led a study published in the journal Intelligence on how attention evolved in the h… [+3016 chars]
Part of a gene is better than none when identifying a species of microbe. But for Rice University computer scientists, part was not nearly enough in their pursuit of a program to identify all the spe… [+5165 chars]
A new study found hundreds of newfound microbes in melting glaciers, some of which could potentially be pathogenic. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)Stunned scientists have uncovered m… [+5239 chars]
