The Science Plants and algae use green-tinted chlorophyll to convert high-energy sunlight into food via photosynthesis. But what happens in deep shade? Cyanobacteria are small, photosynthetic microo… [+3357 chars]
Space may look empty, but it contains extreme temperatures, high levels of background radiation, micrometeoroids, and the unfiltered glare of the sun. In addition, materials and equipment on the outs… [+6362 chars]
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a disk of gas around a young and distant exoplanet. The torus of material orbiting the planet is known as a circumplantery disk, and could one day form m… [+1715 chars]
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While NMR enables complete structural characterization of biomolecules with atomistic resolution in their native solution environment, due to the intrinsically low sensitivity of the method the targe… [+978 chars]
Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters the global ocean. Where does it end up? Right now, researchers simply don't know. But in a bid to help find out, an ESA-led project de… [+3426 chars]
After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) was achieved at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) National Ignition Facility (NIF) for … [+5273 chars]
AFP Copyright 2017-2022. Protected by copyright law. Several Facebook posts claim that the “aphelion” event, in which the Earth orbits at its farthest distance from the Sun in one year, has cooled Ea… [+3082 chars]
ATLANTA Robots have just thrown a curveball at the laws of physics. Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology say humans, animals, and machines typically need to push against something in o… [+2673 chars]
Approximately 1,800 miles beneath our feet, swirling liquid iron in the Earth's outer core generates the planet's protective magnetic field. The magnetic field is invisible but is vital for life on E… [+3942 chars]
Pre-proof research from Analytical Chimica Acta suggested a method for non-destructive, fast, and accurate classification and identification of textile fibers based on the one-dimensional convolution… [+5954 chars]
Research Box Title The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, is thrilled to announce that retired U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski is donating her space memorabilia colle… [+4111 chars]
