Artists view of Swarm, ESAs first Earth observation constellation of satellites. Credit: ESAP. Carril, 2013 The pressure is rising at ESAs mission control. A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite do… [+5587 chars]
License and Republishing World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in acc… [+130 chars]
A team of researchers from IBM Research Europe, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and the University of Regensburg has changed the bonds between the atoms in a single molecule for the first time… [+2906 chars]
Mars is a hellscape. Step onto the planet without a protective spacesuit and your eyes will pop out of their sockets as your blood vessels burst and your entire body convulses. At least, thats the … [+7798 chars]
Remains recovered from a cave in the Chinese province of Yunnan more than 10 years ago have finally given up their secrets, with a DNA analysis revealing not just who left them, but ultimately where … [+3702 chars]
A possible scene at Liang Bua around 70 000 years ago. A giant marabou stork challenges a juvenile ... [+] Komodo dragon for access to the carcass of a dwarf proboscidean while other giant marabou st… [+2541 chars]
In the fairy-tale landscape of the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland, the skull of one of the most ancient salamanders ever discovered to date was excavated from Jurassic limestones. … [+6259 chars]
A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early Universe. That galaxy is the youngest ever found with a measured rotation, and it's much slower than p… [+2205 chars]
Russia and the United States have reached a deal to resume integrated flights to the International Space Station despite the geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine. The agreement announced by… [+1708 chars]
Astronomers from the University of Warwick reveal a new phenomenon dubbed the "rocking shadow" effect that describes how discs in forming planetary systems are oriented, and how they move around thei… [+2420 chars]
The oldest known Martian meteorite crater was discovered on Tuesday. According to scientists, the discovery could provide details on how Earth was formed. The meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Bea… [+3158 chars]
IntroductionThe Role of Microbes in the EnvironmentHow Human Activity Affects Microbial PopulationsHow Do Microbes Respond and Adapt to Environmental Change?Adaptation of Marine Microbes to Climate C… [+6492 chars]