Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that spider silk proteins can be fused to biologically active proteins and be conver… [+3481 chars]
In this roundtable discussion show, we tackle preprints and their impact on science. Your browser does not support the audio element. In this first episode of Nature's Take, we get four of Nature's… [+802 chars]
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Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet discovered by the groundbreaking James Webb Telescope. The IAU is resp… [+3128 chars]
TOKYO -- A sample of material taken from an asteroid by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe offers a clue to how organic matter found in meteorites on Earth could have survived without burning up in the atmosphe… [+274 chars]
"It has an unusually high amount of stars being born and has been used by astronomers as a laboratory to better understand the fascinating phenomena of star formation," the ESO explains. An example … [+756 chars]
Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a binary system known as TIC 60040774. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on the properties of this system,… [+3359 chars]
A crustacean kept in an aquarium in Japan has now been found to be a new species. The discovery adds to the almost two dozen known species of giant isopods (Bathynomus) massive crustaceans that seem … [+3151 chars]
Researchers said these optical vortices could help overcome bandwidth limitations in fibre optic communication, or enhance the optical tweezers that can manipulate atoms. Researchers have created an… [+2609 chars]
A poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) sits on a leaf in the tropical rainforest. (Image credit: Dirk Ercken via Alamy Stock Photo) It's one of the oldest questions tackled by naturalists: Why do t… [+6363 chars]
The latest asteroid to approach Earth, named Asteroid 2022 FF, has missed Earth by just a few million miles. Notably, the Earth is being bombarded by asteroids as this is the fifth one to fly by our … [+1899 chars]