Scientists have developed a glider that will soar above the surface of Mars 'like an albatross' for days at a time. The motorless sailplane could be used to collect data about the atmosphere and geo… [+8176 chars]
After a career spent probing the mysteries of the universe, a Janelia Research Campus senior scientist is now exploring the mysteries of the human brain and developing new insights into the connectio… [+4589 chars]
<li>Locey, K. J. & Lennon, J. T. Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA113, 59705975 (2016). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Article Google Scholar </l… [+10697 chars]
According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely started out as a parasite of birds. That host-jumping event tens of millions of years ago began the long asso… [+4221 chars]
Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox geneswhich plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organsusing new synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering in stem… [+4671 chars]
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy rotation ever observed, implying an early stage of rotational motion development. Image Credit: Waseda University The galaxies appeared first aft… [+4525 chars]
Ancient bones unearthed in China are helping scientists better understand the development, or evolution, of modern pandas. Pandas are a kind of animal called bears that live in forests in the mounta… [+3413 chars]
June 2022 was yet another busy month on the International Space Station (ISS), filled with new spacecraft arrivals, departures, and intriguing research performed by the Expedition 67 crew. The month… [+15065 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryJuly 4, 2022 Seen are six views of the Nili Fossae region of Mars captured by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, one of the instruments ab… [+4474 chars]
Scientists who were surveying a catalog of gas clouds spotted something strange: five "blue blobs" composed of young blue stars in the Virgo galaxy cluster. Unusually, these stars were completely i… [+1980 chars]
Scientists have unlocked the mysterious origins of Earth's minerals and detailed their diverse formation over billions of years, finding evidence for the role of water and rare elements in their form… [+5624 chars]
BANG! The shot rings out. And the bullet bounces harmlessly away. How? Glass that’s purpose-built to stop penetrating projectiles. But this brilliant blocker didn’t happen overnight. It took years o… [+7810 chars]
