The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme environments on Earth has now been deciphered. This new understanding, … [+4751 chars]
Scientists at ORNL have constructed a rhizosphere-on-a-chip analysis platform, a miniature setting to review the ecosystem round poplar tree roots for insights into plant well being and soil carbon s… [+3195 chars]
We speak with David Peterman Ph.D. from the University of Utah about his involvement in innovative new research that utilizes robot technologies to explore how an ancient cephalopod species, ammonoid… [+8252 chars]
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As explained by the symposium chair, Prof. Andreas Madlung (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington), summarizing the Responses to Light concurrent symposium, presented Sunday, July 10 at Plant… [+4107 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]
If Nasas giant Space Launch System rocket lifts off from Floridas Kennedy Space Center as planned on Monday, it will become the first vehicle in 50 years capable of carrying humans to the Moon. For … [+6860 chars]
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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]
A study on the black hole jets titled "Collimation of the kiloparsec-scale radio jets in NGC 2663" has been accepted for publication in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. … [+1466 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]
How big can a star grow? Not as huge as we imagined, it turns out. The sharpest images ever taken of the biggest known star indicate the upper limit to a sun's mass is probably a lot smaller than pr… [+4128 chars]
