Around the world, between 40 and 50 volcanoes are currently erupting or in states of unrest, and hundreds of millions of people are at risk of hazards posed by these potentially active volcanos. Yet,… [+7528 chars]
Everybody is a brave warrior till a cockroach starts flying. Or even a spider jumps at you. Almighty has been merciful enough on us mortals by not bestowing the ability to fly upon spiders. But inst… [+1113 chars]
The fast shockwaves form an hourglass shape as they expand, in which gamma rays are produced. This gamma-ray emission is then detected by the H.E.S.S. telescopes (shown in the foreground). Credit: DE… [+6760 chars]
The development of new scientific ways to see more deeply into the building blocks of nature on a cellular level has led to the some of the greatest advances in medicine over the last century. Now, n… [+3960 chars]
Rock salt, or halite, crystal. Now, scientists have created crystals that contain light, which refracts out of them at specific rates, making them function like clocks. Credit: Didier Descouens/CC BY… [+6227 chars]
The formation of the greenhouse gas methane is based on a universal mechanism. Scientists at Heidelberg University and the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg have made this … [+4321 chars]
When the Vera C. Rubin Observatory starts taking pictures of the night sky in a few years, its centerpiece 3,200 megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will produce an enormous trove of dat… [+4355 chars]
The dark shadow of Jupiter's moon Ganymede decorates the gas giant. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill I look to images of space as a respite and as reminders of the beauty of the universe. A… [+1196 chars]
Newswise — MARCH 10, 2022, NEW YORK – Researchers led by Christopher Garcia of the Ludwig Center at Stanford University have solved the long-sought structure of a large signaling protein involved in … [+5160 chars]
Green consumer habits may not be impacted by gamification practices, but people who purchased environmentally friendly products in the past are likely to continue to do so, according to a team of res… [+4826 chars]
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS—After a year exploring the floor of Mars’s Jezero crater, where it gathered seven—soon to be eight—chalk-size rock samples for return to Earth, NASA’s Perseverance rover is set t… [+5466 chars]
Astronauts work on the moon in an artist rendering. NASA NASA wants to establish long-term human presence at the moon under its Artemis program. To do that, it will have to solve the tricky issue o… [+2506 chars]
