RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Plants protect themselves from various environmental dangers (heat, pests, drought, etc) by producing salicylic acid, better known as aspirin among humans. That’s right, plants ca… [+2756 chars]
A newly-discovered plant, a recently-discovered wasp, and a developing fly larva have been found trapped in amber, in an exquisitely-preserved moment of prehistoric ecology. If the image of an inse… [+4045 chars]
Earth's moon is far from being a "been there, done that" world, notwithstanding a dozen Apollo short-stay visitors between 1969 and 1972. Today, our celestial neighbor could serve as homeland for a… [+13251 chars]
ByCalifornia Institute of TechnologyJuly 16, 2022 New research from Caltech proposes a new solution to a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars. The key to solving a … [+7966 chars]
BySciTechDailyJuly 16, 2022 If climate change has already gone too far, what could be our emergency solutions? Credit: MIT Space Bubbles The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable… [+15548 chars]
ByOhio State UniversityJuly 16, 2022 Using DNA Origami, which involves folding complementary strands of DNA into double helixes, scientists can create small devices with intricate structures that co… [+4977 chars]
Newswise — 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 pl… [+3155 chars]
ByCalifornia Institute of TechnologyJuly 16, 2022 New research from Caltech proposes a new solution to a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars. The key to solving a … [+7966 chars]
BySciTechDailyJuly 16, 2022 If climate change has already gone too far, what could be our emergency solutions? Credit: MIT Space Bubbles The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable… [+15548 chars]
The first theory is that Venus began its life spinning in the same direction as the other planets. But, like Uranus, it was hit by a large object, like a huge asteroid, perhaps even something the siz… [+1556 chars]
A newly-discovered plant, a recently-discovered wasp, and a developing fly larva have been found trapped in amber, in an exquisitely-preserved moment of prehistoric ecology. If the image of an inse… [+4045 chars]
The European Space Agency launched a new rocket for the first time this week, with the inaugural mission of the Vega-C. This medium-sized rocket is used for delivering payloads like satellites into o… [+2135 chars]
