Get the most fascinating science news stories of the week in your inbox every Friday. Source: Global Biogeochemical Cycles Organic carbon and calcium carbonate are two critical components of the oc… [+2011 chars]
For her work showing that restoring lost bacterial cues in the gut can stimulate development of insulin-producing cells, potentially protecting against the autoimmune destruction associated with Type… [+9357 chars]
Yikes! Cosmic Collapse Have you ever indulged the depths of your intrusive thoughts and wondered how the universe is going to smash and chew up our little planet over billions of years? Well, that… [+2198 chars]
Carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerenes, and graphene receive a great deal of attention today due to their unique physical properties. A new study explores the potentia… [+6593 chars]
More than a decade after its launch, observations from NASAs Juno probe which embarked on a four-year extended mission last year have revealed that the interior of Jupiter is far different than sci… [+8475 chars]
This engineering image captured by the Fine Guidance Sensor reveals the deepest view of the universe in infrared light to date. (Image credit: NASA, CSA, and FGS team) An engineering image acquired … [+4264 chars]
Rapid bursts of radio waves that originate millions to billions of light-years away from Earth could be used as probes to investigate halos of difficult-to-see diffuse gas surrounding nearby galaxies… [+4088 chars]
Around 4.4 billion years ago, the early solar system resembled a game of space rock dodgeball, as massive asteroids and comets, and, later, smaller rocks and galactic debris pummeled the moon and oth… [+6185 chars]
General morphology Detailed descriptions of the overall morphology of both species are given in 15. Both are small-sized, with the specimens analysed here all being less than 8 mm in dorsoventral di… [+21056 chars]
image: *view more Credit: by Sumit Kumar, Zhen Tong and Xiangqian Jiang Freeform optics bring precision optical systems into a new ear, delivering superior imaging in compact packages, or function… [+6105 chars]
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Look to the sky after dusk to see the bright stars of the Summer Triangle asterism — Vega, Deneb and Altair — rise above the eastern horizon. The Summer Triangle is an annual feature of the northe… [+2937 chars]
