Our immune system is essential for our survival, as our bodies are constantly being exposed to bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other pathogens. Without an immune system, we would quickly lose the w… [+5972 chars]
Applications21/07/2022239 views5 likes ESAs upcoming EarthCARE satellite mission has just taken a big stretch. Engineers have gently unfolded this new satellites huge five-panel solar wing to test t… [+4230 chars]
Protein packed: Neurons (pink, blue) in brain slices from mice lacking FMR1 have large nucleoli (green, left), a part of the cell that increases in size when ribosomes are being produced, and a heigh… [+6917 chars]
Dear readers, Welcome to Quartzs newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: Were looking at a Moon lau… [+6962 chars]
The NASA Perseverance rover has been sent on a mission to examine the terrain of Mars and to look for any signs of previous life on the planet. However, it has been making interesting discoveries thr… [+2134 chars]
On July 25, 2019, an asteroid was barrelling towards the Earth but nobody had a clue. As the asteroid 2019 OK approached the Earth, it was only 30 minutes before the asteroid came closest to Earth th… [+2581 chars]
A little more than six months into its stellar journey, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already rivaling Hubble as the worlds favorite spacefaring observatory. Last week, JWST delivered ja… [+4724 chars]
We all know that greenhouse gases that cause climate change are released while burning coal or gasoline. But did you know that these gases play a positive role too? They actually help our planet rema… [+2633 chars]
Everyone has been agog over the first photos from the James Webb telescope, and for good reason. These images, Rivka Galchin writes at The New Yorker, carry news about the early universe, the birth a… [+4180 chars]
ByUniversity of BathJuly 21, 2022 Differentiated cortical neurons expressing the axonal marker Tau (green) and the dendritic marker MAP-2 (red). Credit: Dr. Robert Williams, University of Bath Scie… [+4166 chars]
ESA has selected the aerospace company Leonardo to design, manufacture, integrate and test the Sample Transfer Arm (STA) for the Mars sample return mission. The sample return mission has a number of … [+1735 chars]
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