In a study, published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers have identified 28 gene regions that have been particularly important in the evolution of Darwin's finches. These genet… [+4998 chars]
Engineers in China have successfully deployed an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to expedite its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the amount of space junk aimlessly floating above … [+2522 chars]
<li>Buniello, A. et al. The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog of published genome-wide association studies, targeted arrays and summary statistics 2019. Nucleic Acids Res.47, D1005D1012 (2019). CAS PubMed … [+18168 chars]
Apoptosis, a type of programmed cell death (PCD), is a biological process through which unwanted cells are eliminated in multicellular organisms. In most cells, certain proteins known as "caspases" t… [+4415 chars]
How does a nose remember that it's a nose? Or an eye remember that it's an eye? As scientists probe the question of how cells remember what kind of cells they are supposed to be, or their genetic li… [+8204 chars]
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study from physicists at CU Boulder. That popcorn-like effect may even h… [+5904 chars]
Interest in the Moon has been reignited recently, and Japan is looking to get in on the fun. Researchers and engineers from Kyoto University and the Kajima Corporation have released their joint propo… [+2561 chars]
Nanoracks Bishop Airlock has provided astronauts a way of disposing of their waste on the International Space Station (ISS), without contributing to more space debris. Astronauts successfully dispose… [+2793 chars]
ByJennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 11, 2022 Long predicted but never observed, fluid-like electron whirlpools could be leveraged for next-gen low-power electronics. Credit: Ch… [+3469 chars]
Has life ever existed on Mars? Could it still exist there today? These questions intrigue scientists and the public alike. And digging into them could require exactly that — going underground on Mar… [+8329 chars]
Last week, NASA shared a photo captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s guidance camera that, while imperfect, is the deepest image ever captured of the universe so far. While it is one thing t… [+2178 chars]
Twinkling like cosmic lighthouses on a shore 13 billion light-years from Earth, quasars are some of the oldest, brightest relics of the early universe that astronomers can detect today. Short for "q… [+3435 chars]
