The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed "to sever" its ties with Russia, the agency's directo… [+2898 chars]
Experimental design. a Computational framework to select regions and perturbation sites. b Heatmap of motif instances in the assayed regions (left); distribution of the number of motifs perturbed in … [+5262 chars]
The way electrons flow in materials determine its electronic properties. For example, when a voltage is sustained across a conducting material, electrons start flowing, generating an electrical curre… [+4705 chars]
During a recent deep-sea dive, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) captured stunning footage of a strawberry squid using its brand-new 4K camera. While piloting its remote-operated… [+2710 chars]
Scientists may have finally solved the mysterious origins of the diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu: It may be the remnants of a long-dead comet. The new origin theory , taken from findings from Japan's… [+3039 chars]
Hubble has photographed a massive spiral galaxy that lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. Despite its size, it’s far from the largest celestial object known to astronomers. The photo was c… [+2376 chars]
Newswise — Irvine, Calif., March 24, 2022 — The Arctic is warming along with the rest of the planet, and as this is happening, its permafrost – perennially frozen arctic soil that holds a lot of trap… [+5244 chars]
Deep-sea creatures come in all shapes and sizes. But whether these ocean dwellers look downright frightening or perfectly adorable, they never fail to be interesting. Deep-sea creatures live in a com… [+1930 chars]
Astronomers spotted the aftermath of a massive space collision. NASA says the resulting dust cloud was big enough to block the light from its nearby star when it passed in front of it. A group of ast… [+2957 chars]
Scientists say they have solved one of science’s biggest paradoxes, first identified by Stephen Hawking. He highlighted that black holes behave in a way that puts two fundamental theories into confli… [+4131 chars]
Young children are not just cheeky monkeys it turns out they actually laugh like chimpanzees, too. That's because both babies and chimps chuckle while inhaling and exhaling, unlike adult humans who … [+3545 chars]
A tiny problem Scientists can grow nanocrystals out of many different materials: metals, semiconductors, and magnets will each yield different properties. But the trouble was that whenever they trie… [+3333 chars]