The doomed SOFIA observatory has made an earlier-than-planned return from New Zealand as the Boeing 747-based platform prepares to enter its final month of operations. The Stratospheric Observatory … [+2033 chars]
When flying to the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base, the primary impression is one of a vast wasteland below. The reddish expanse of dirt and rock looks featureless and bleak, but in fact holds many … [+7603 chars]
Identification, cloning and characterization of a repetitive DNA family in species of the Bufo bufo group Genomic DNA from one adult Bufo bufo female from Bologna (Italy) was digested with the restr… [+20246 chars]
ByAmerican Institute of PhysicsAugust 17, 2022 Researchers have come up with a plasma-based way to produce and separate oxygen within the Martian environment. Converting carbon dioxide into oxygen … [+4722 chars]
Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule eyes and a brain roughly 1 million times smaller than yo… [+5687 chars]
Watch the moon as it appears to "hop" over Uranus in the afternoon sky tomorrow (Aug. 18). The moon will pass in front of the planet Uranus — an event known as lunar occultation — at 11:50 EDT (1… [+2239 chars]
The shifting relationships between atmospheric and oceanic climate change, air pollution, and the patterns of tropical cyclone (TC) activity have long been of interest to atmospheric scientists. TCs… [+6587 chars]
A plume of "dark plasma" hurled from the sun will be engulfed to form a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection which will sideswipe the Earth on Thursday (Aug. 18), causing a strong G3 geomagnetic storm.… [+4407 chars]
A previously overlooked factorthe position of continentshelps fill Earth's oceans with life-supporting oxygen. Continental movement could ultimately have the opposite effect, killing most deep ocean … [+4676 chars]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryAugust 17, 2022 Artists rendering of NASAs Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Europa Clipper spacecraft will occupy the main production facility of N… [+8316 chars]
image: In developmenta cultured meat mini-burgerview more Credit: Image courtesy: Jeannie Barber-Choi/UCLA After earning her undergraduate degree, Amy Rowat found herself at a fork in the road. Sh… [+6183 chars]
Depending on the perspective one chooses, a theoretical calculation can describe observed physics more or less accurately. Back in 2015, Alessandro Toschi from the Institute of Solid State Physics at… [+5158 chars]
