Big bones from the extinct "thunder bird" or dromornithid, excavated in the northern reaches of the Flinders Ranges and near Alice Springs, have yielded new insights into their slow breeding patterns… [+4574 chars]
NASA's Orion spacecraft will be launched in a few days from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on its mission to the Moon. The Airbus-built European Service Module (ESM) will power Orion to and from it… [+2936 chars]
Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired … [+4400 chars]
Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – A group of international scientists led by Cornell University is – more rigorously and systematically than ever before – evaluating if and how the stratosphere could be made… [+2686 chars]
The timing and intensity of the seasons shapes life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification of giraffes, and the behavior of our close primate relatives. Some sc… [+5152 chars]
Image: Topoisomerase II, via Discovery Institute. Much as we love the old standbys (the flagellum, cilium, ATP synthase, etc.), we should never assume that the case for intelligent design is restric… [+9913 chars]
Some animals fight with others of their own species over territory, resources, and mates. During mating season, male elk lock horns in powerful struggles for dominance. Fighting is a test of strength… [+1420 chars]
Preparation and characterization of model Nb-MXenes MXenes are an interesting family of materials possessing unique and attractive physical and chemical properties, which leads to many potential app… [+36191 chars]
Astronomers have performed an astro-photometric study of an open cluster known as Messier 37. One of the main results of this research is the finding that Messier 37 hosts a large and evolved planeta… [+3150 chars]
Reagents Unless stated otherwise, all reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Oakville, ON, CA). SCFA stock (100 mM) were prepared in sterile PBS prior to each individual assay. In-vitro analys… [+13391 chars]
A study published in Remote Sensing has designed a reflectance simulator to determine the optimal canopy shape for calculating the shadow fraction based on the reflectance measured by satellite senso… [+5594 chars]
Two astrophotographers, Andrew McCarthy and Connor Matherne, spent two years creating a spectacularly detailed and colorful image of the Moon. The 174-megapixel image, which details the Moon’s colo… [+2130 chars]
