Five years ago, the United Nations' panel on climate change was charged with drafting a series of reports detailing its science, the effects on the planet and how humanity might save itself. The las… [+203 chars]
We are not accustomed to thinking of fruit flies as even having brains. But they have 120 types of neurons in their visual system alone (which could be why they are so pesky): In the research publis… [+2390 chars]
Honey is already a pretty thick liquid, but let it begin to crystalize and it can become downright clumpy. The sugar crystals in suspension seem to increase its viscosity. This phenomenon occurs thro… [+4429 chars]
OKINAWA, Japan Researchers in Japan have learned that squids camouflage using chromatophores similar to their fellow cephalopod family members, octopus and cuttlefish. Based on a new study, scienti… [+2257 chars]
Perhaps the most commonly reproduced photograph in human history is known as The Blue Marble Shot. The famous photo, taken from the Saturn V Rocket in 1972, was the first and only photo taken by a pe… [+1303 chars]
NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring the large mountain called the "Greenheugh Pediment" for most of March and is now making its way back down the mountain's southern side. The Curiosity team i… [+956 chars]
Five years ago, the United Nations' panel on climate change was charged with drafting a series of reports detailing its science, the effects on the planet and how humanity might save itself. The las… [+203 chars]
Chemists integrated computer functions into rolling DNA-based motors, opening a new realm of possibilities for miniature, molecular robots. Nature Nanotechnology published the development, the first … [+7288 chars]
The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airb… [+4143 chars]
NASA and the U.S. Space Force recently inked an agreement authorizing the public release of data collected by the U.S. government sensors on bolides, large bright meteors that explode in the atmosphe… [+1803 chars]
Estimated reading time 8 minutes, 26 seconds. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. a leading launch and space systems company, has announced that during its next Electron launch, a commercial rideshare mission cur… [+6311 chars]
LMU researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.Researchers have long po… [+3395 chars]