A team of researchers at Iowa State University has found that it may be possible to grow alfalfa successfully on Mars. The group has written a paper describing their work and have published it on the… [+2860 chars]
Lasers are everywhere. Devices that use them transmit information and enable the existence of long-distance communications and the internet; they aid doctors performing surgeries and engineers manufa… [+5268 chars]
The study shed new light on the process of memory recall. Recalling memories requires the cooperation of several brain regions. When you have a memorable evening at a restaurant, more than just the… [+2889 chars]
Totipotency is the ability of a cell to develop into an individual through elaborate processes of embryogenesis and is created during the development of the precursors of sperm and eggs, which are ca… [+3221 chars]
NASAs Mars helicopter has taken to the skies again after a lengthy break due to bitterly cold conditions on the distant planet. The space agencys Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is overseeing… [+3202 chars]
Astronomers frequently observe carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries. The compound is ultra-bright and extremely common in protoplanetary disksregions of dust and gas where planets form around young… [+4224 chars]
The Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is much richer in complex organic molecules than scientists expected, and until now, some of those molecules had never been seen around a comet. Because comets … [+4673 chars]
The study shed new light on the process of memory recall. Recalling memories requires the cooperation of several brain regions. When you have a memorable evening at a restaurant, more than just the… [+2889 chars]
Life as we know it requires an atmosphere. It is the air we breathe, our shield from harmful ultraviolet rays, and our defense against extreme temperature swings, like those on Mars. But Earths atmos… [+8312 chars]
How do different materials react to the impact of ions? This is a question that plays an important role in many areas of researchfor example, in nuclear fusion research, when the walls of the fusion … [+4711 chars]
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck spoke at the SmallSat 2022 conference and offered up words of wisdom for anyone pondering an entry into the lighter end of the launch market. After apologizing for his virt… [+3973 chars]
Pumps, in a nutshell, are devices that use cyclic motion to attain the steady transport of some cargo. In a bicycle pump, the repeated up and down strokes of a piston create air flow. In a Archimedea… [+4438 chars]
