Cell cultures Primary neuron cultures were prepared from Wistar rats (P0P2), according to the guidelines of the Italian Animal Welfare Act and the European Union guidelines for animal care (d.1.116/… [+16925 chars]
Data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows that bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse "blew its ... [+] top" in 2019, losing a substantial part of its visible surface and producing a gigantic Surf… [+3257 chars]
Sampling and metagenomic sequencing We sequenced 29 soil metagenomes from a seasonal vernal pool in Lake County, California, USA in October 2018 and October 2019 (Supplementary Table S1). The elevat… [+18369 chars]
The researchers believe that this discovery has wide-ranging implications for both neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The brain uses data compression while making decisions. If you grew up i… [+3912 chars]
While the Earth on June 29 did indeed record its shortest day since the adoption of the atomic clock standard in 1970 — at 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours — scientists say this is a normal fluct… [+3539 chars]
Superfood is a marketing phrase for foods that are said to have remarkable nutritional density and thus provide health benefits. Are superfoods really that super? A healthy diet is important for ma… [+1826 chars]
Although floating in space could be enjoyable, a TBone study reveals that it is taxing on earthly bodies. According to a new study, six months in space is equivalent to decades of bone loss on Earth… [+4004 chars]
In 1838, when the German King Otto ruled Greece, a Bavarian soldier discovered a weathered skull in a ravine near Pikermi, now a suburb of Athens. The skull looked human, but the soldier was dazzled … [+5737 chars]
When the first humans reach Mars, theyll probably live in habitats that were there ahead of time or in habs made from their landers. Eventually, though, if people are going to settle on Mars in lar… [+4521 chars]
Physicist Eric J. Lernercomes to the point: To everyone who sees them, the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images of the cosmos are beautifully awe-inspiring. But to most professional astronom… [+6454 chars]
Washington: Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday.Taking to his official Twitter account, Musk, the founder of American spacecraft… [+2041 chars]
Earth's current largest ocean, the Pacific, blankets more than 30% of the planet's surface, stretching 12,000 miles (19,000 kilometers) at its widest point, between Colombia and the Malay Peninsula, … [+4045 chars]
