While climate change is taking effect everywhere on Earth, the Arctic Circle is feeling those effects most of all, in the form of glacial melt, permafrost thaw and sea ice decline. Key players in cl… [+3692 chars]
An important function of our cells' signaling pathways is to coordinate growth with environmental cues, such as the availability of nutrients in the cell's environment. Cell growth plays an important… [+5557 chars]
This week, NASA has been peering further than it has ever peered before, with dazzling results. But if you're fond of staring at the heavens with your own two eyes to see a stunning sight, you can al… [+2782 chars]
Introduction Cisplatin is an extensively used chemotherapeutic drug for various types of human cancer. However, 20–35% of patients are diagnosed with renal dysfunction after cisplatin intervention, … [+33274 chars]
WASHINGTON NASA and Roscosmos are in the final stages of completing a long-awaited agreement to allow Russian cosmonauts to fly on commercial crew vehicles and American astronauts on Soyuz spacecraft… [+3307 chars]
Cookie List A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website when visited by a user asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your … [+4205 chars]
Researchers suspect that ancient male frogs pushed females underwater while trying to mount them. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)It was a cold case with hundreds of victims. For deca… [+5348 chars]
COLUMBIA, Md. , July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy discovered that Orion's Veilan expanding shell consisting of dust and gas in front of the massive st… [+3613 chars]
Graphene and boron nitride show great potential as fillers in polymer matrices and as photocatalysts because of their desirable chemical and physical properties. However, their widespread usage is li… [+4802 chars]
Researchers led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a new method to evaluate the antioxidant activity of astaxan… [+2620 chars]
While the crater in this VIS image was crated by an impact event, the resultant form is not the normal circular shape. There are several factors that can create 'out of round' craters. The most commo… [+1105 chars]
A Columbia Engineering team has created a robot that is able to learn a model of its entire body from scratch. In a nutshell, the robot created a kinematic model of itself and used it to plan motion… [+3089 chars]