About three years ago, Wolfgang Wolfi Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universes missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didnt lead them to d… [+9704 chars]
In this week's Science Saturday, we look at the latest science news, ranging from fuel extraction to heatwave. Fuel extraction China's first shallow-water subsea Xmas tree system has been put into … [+2236 chars]
Plants produce salicylic acid, popularly known as aspirin, to protect themselves against environmental dangers like insects, thirst, and heat. A better understanding of this procedure could aid plant… [+2724 chars]
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the worlds first electric nanomotors made of DNA. The self-assembling structures can be activated by an electric charge to spin … [+1389 chars]
Scientists have hacked a fly’s brain and manipulated its neurons to remotely control its movements. Through magnetic fields modified by their will, they excite neurons that trigger the motivated beha… [+5597 chars]
Have you heard of LU Camelopardalis, QZ Serpentis, V1007 Herculis, and BK Lyncis? No, they are not members of the boy bands in ancient Rome. They are cataclysmic variables, binary stars that are so c… [+5669 chars]
The emission of greenhouse gases contributes significantly to global warming. Not only carbon dioxide (CO .)2) but fluorinated gases including so-called anti- or polyfluorinated hydrocarbons, or PFCs… [+2721 chars]
MORGAN FISCHER Cronkite News WASHINGTON -- For the past eight years, Kevin Hainline has been on speaking tours where he raved about how the images from the James Webb Space Telescope would be spect… [+5013 chars]
This computer had 4 kilobytes of RAM memory, and 32 kilobytes of ROM, something that seems insufficient for our time, but represented a significant progress at the time and which allowed a great achi… [+1419 chars]
"In what's being hailed as an important first for chemistry, an international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can selectively rearrange atomic bonds within a single molecule," … [+1730 chars]
Turkish scientists have started to conduct their studies on the particulates collected from the atmosphere above Antarctica via satellite and ground-based systems, according to a statement on Friday.… [+1604 chars]
Summary: Researchers reveal how neurons set up and sustain the vital infrastructure that allows for seamless neurotransmission. Source: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory The nervous system … [+10029 chars]
