Researchers used a fiber optic cable on the ice cap of an Icelandic subglacial volcano to detect low-frequency volcanic tremor, suggesting this technology could be useful in monitoring other ice-cove… [+3749 chars]
A midlife career change is hard to pull off, because it can involve reinventing yourself and adopting a completely new professional role. Now, researchers from Japan show that some plant cells get a … [+3184 chars]
New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen-1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The researchers fro… [+1420 chars]
Earth's magnetic field — also known as the geomagnetic field — is generated in our planet's interior and extends out into space, creating a region known as the magnetosphere. Without the magnetic … [+11064 chars]
Strychninea complex monoterpene indole alkaloidwas isolated in 1818 from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica (poison nuts)5, which were used in traditional medicine in China and South Asia. Currently, … [+24263 chars]
"Frog sex death trap" sounds like the worst heavy-metal band name ever, but it's an accurate description of what happened 45 million years ago in a swamp in Germany. The spot, a former coalfield, i… [+1582 chars]
A new paper from Whitehead Institute researchers reveals how mice sense an essential amino acid called leucine, which many people get from eating fish, eggs, or nuts. Down the line, the work could in… [+6462 chars]
<li>Fan, X. et al. A survey of z>5.7 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of three additional quasars at z>6. Astron. J.125, 16491659 (2003). ADS Article Google Scholar … [+17274 chars]
While working out of a hotel room in Italy, astronaut Thomas Reiter commanded a four-wheeled robot to pick up rocks from the surface of an active volcano on the Sicilian east coast, and he did so whi… [+3859 chars]
Deméré et al.10 identified lateral palatal foramina in a clade of stem mysticetes (Aetiocetidae) with adult mineralized teeth. This observation is important because it was the first attempt to infer … [+12169 chars]
Rearing of A. gambiae mosquitoes The A. gambiae G3 strain was reared under standard insectary conditions (2628°C, 6580% relative humidity, 12:12h light/darkness photoperiod). Larvae were fed on powd… [+21735 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, the U.S. and Germany has found evidence that suggests that colorful ventral wings help colonizing birds to avoid running into one … [+2449 chars]
