A cross-section of the Giant Magellan Telescope. Image courtesy Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation Everyone says its important to have a clear, concise mission statement. What Project Man… [+6716 chars]
Scientists at Stanford University have developed a new solution for the challenge of making sure that when carbon dioxide (CO2) is injected underground, it actually stays put. For decades, climate m… [+6609 chars]
ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)August 2, 2022 EnVision aerobraking in Venus atmosphere. Credit: ESA/ Paris Observatory / VR2Planets / Damia Bouic EnVision, a project of the European Space Agency (ESA… [+6975 chars]
To efficiently navigate real-world environments, robots typically analyze images collected by imaging devices that are integrated within their body. To enhance the performance of robots, engineers ha… [+4287 chars]
ByWashington University in St. LouisAugust 2, 2022Scientists have determined that Earths ancient plume mantle (the deep part) had a water concentration that was a factor of 4 to 250 times lower when … [+4022 chars]
Soil-dwelling nematodes depend on their sophisticated sense of smell for survival, able to distinguish between more than a thousand different scents but the molecular mechanism behind their olfactio… [+5701 chars]
Enzymes accelerate reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start them. But how enzymes achieve this has been the subject of intense debate. A research team from Texas and China… [+4374 chars]
To efficiently navigate real-world environments, robots typically analyze images collected by imaging devices that are integrated within their body. To enhance the performance of robots, engineers ha… [+4287 chars]
When my colleague Adam Marcus, editorial director at Medscape, and I launched the blog Retraction Watch in 2010, we didnt realize we were riding a wave. At the time, we thought journals were issuing … [+5268 chars]
David Trevascus is a graduated honours student in astrophysics from Monash University in Melbourne (applying for PhD positions). In their honours year, they researched planetary systems around white … [+7078 chars]
Sustainable fuel and chemicals production is closer to becoming a practical reality after KAUST researchers analyzed a precious metal-free electrochemical hydride transfer catalyst and discovered mol… [+3255 chars]
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created the first plasma sensor for a fully-constructed satellite using a 3D printing approach to orbiting a spacecraft. These plasma s… [+1249 chars]