On the right, ytterbium ions are trapped in a vacuum chamber and probed with lasers, which create a blue glow. These tests let the MIT group determine each isotope’s energy levels. Traditionally, to… [+7603 chars]
A massive solar flare has erupted from the Sun, which could see radio blackouts in many parts of the world, a space weather physicist has tweeted. With the Sun now in an active phase of its 11-year… [+2718 chars]
Enlarge/ Anna Kikina will be the fifth Russian woman to go to space. 85 with 50 posters participating NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, have officially agreed to exchange seats on four … [+3401 chars]
A team of scientists from the IUFLeibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf developed and validated a computational webserver that allows scientists to genotype mutations usi… [+2157 chars]
A tiny piece of rural Washington stateand some of its "inhabitants" blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, July 14. The inhabitants are bacteria that live in the so… [+5366 chars]
ByMatt Williams, Universe TodayJuly 15, 2022 Artists impression of how Triton, Neptunes largest moon, might look from high above its surface. The distant Sun appears at the upper left and the blue c… [+16268 chars]
A team of scientists in the Physical Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have combined robotics with biology by equipping E. coli bacteria with artificial comp… [+5823 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]
New York, July 15 Astronomers have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity, similar to a 'heartbeat'. The signal … [+2302 chars]
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will meet up with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday (July 16), and you can watch the orbital action live. The robotic Dragon launched atop a two-stage F… [+4792 chars]
Scientists may have to avoid pointing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in certain directions too often to minimise the risk of damage from space rocks. Nasa operators are considering limiting … [+2611 chars]
The biomolecule diphthamide is essential for the proper formation of proteins in cells. When humans are infected with diphtheria, diphthamide is altered by the diphtheria toxin so that life-threateni… [+2918 chars]
