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]
You might find yourself reaching for a painkiller when a headache strikes, and it seems plants do something similar: when under stress from hazards around them, plants are capable of producing their … [+3203 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]
The recently commissioned James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already offering some of the most stunning images of deep space. However, a micrometeorite strike that hit the JWST in May is more conce… [+2030 chars]
This historic dive aims to map the deepest spot on Earth. Dawn Wright, an expert in ocean mapping, is the first Black person to go to Challenger Deep. Deep-Sea Mapping One of the world's least unde… [+4491 chars]
Vince's Cross at Scott Base under the pink and purple sky. Photo / Stuart Shaw, Fly On The Wall ImagesThe eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga last January is still having an effect… [+2134 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]
Hammerhead or tiger sharks: which has a more powerful bite? Two of the largest predatory sharks in the world have had their bite forces quantified for the first time in the wild by an underwater pho… [+4141 chars]
NASA launched its OSIRIS-REX mission back in 2020 in which it sent a probe to asteroid Bennu with an aim to secure at least 60 grams of surface material and bring it back to Earth in 2023. Well, it a… [+2008 chars]
Thomas Rennie, PhD student at The University of Manchester said: We are really proud to present a first look at the COMAP Galactic Plane Survey – a survey which hopefully will continue to serve the s… [+2317 chars]
STUTTGART, Germany — Magnetically controlled microscopic robots that kill cancer have been created by a team of scientists. The tiny machines swarm around tumors releasing a payload of chemotherapy d… [+3547 chars]
Summary: A newly developed system uses wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain networks in fruit flies in less than one second. Source: Rice University A research team led by Rice U… [+6554 chars]