"Cas13 can degrade both target and non-target RNAs at random," making it difficult to design experiments and interpret results when using Cas13, the researchers explained on the CAS website. But "th… [+1015 chars]
At 6:28 a.m. EDT on Aug. 21, 1972, NASA's Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time, lit up the sky as it ascended into orbit from Launch Complex 36B at what is … [+8199 chars]
A new study, published in the August issue of the journal Astrobiology, has projected that Jupiters icy moon Europa has pure snow that rises underwater to generate the moons icy crust, rather than fa… [+1080 chars]
The final array will consist of thousands of dishes. As you can imagine, it takes time to build and set up such a complex system. The project is beginning with precursor facilities like MeerKAT, an a… [+1580 chars]
Planets like Proxima Centauri b experience tides hundreds of times stronger than ones that move Earths oceans twice a day. The force of those tides also tugs on the planets atmosphere, but a recent … [+6277 chars]
Tissue culture The immortalised cell line ARPE-19 was purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, MA, USA) and, following mycoplasma screening, expanded in T75 culture flasks using Du… [+8568 chars]
On June 13, the third major data release from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission revealed details about the past and future of our solar system’s star, the Sun, by using data collected by… [+7292 chars]
ByNASAAugust 20, 2022 The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft backs away from the space station moments after undocking from the Harmony modules forward port during an orbital sunrise. Credit: NASA TV At 11:… [+1170 chars]
<li>Barker, G. M. In The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs (ed. Braker, G.M.) 20 (CABI Publishing, England, 2001). </li><li>Kano, Y., Brenzinger, B., Nützel, A., Wilson, N. G. & Schrödl, M. Ringic… [+24091 chars]
Jupiter as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on its 44th perijove on August 17, 2022 and ... [+] post-processed by Kevin M. Gill. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill © CC BY On Wednesday las… [+3685 chars]
Washington: The US space agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar south pole, as it prepares to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis programme in 2024. Each region… [+2717 chars]
The winners of the BMC Ecology and Evolutionphotography competition have just been announced. This year's contest has served up a spectacular collection of images that capture nature in action, as we… [+4021 chars]