Queensland University of Technology adjunct professor David Flannery, who is one of the leads on NASAs Perseverance rover mission, says the reasons for the renewed interest in Mars are mostly practic… [+4586 chars]
What mysteries of the universe could the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator unlock? The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) near … [+16069 chars]
Scientists breed mutant algae to save world’s corals from bleaching. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are exploring options to save corals from climate change by reversing the … [+4326 chars]
A new study from the University of Bristol (UB) reveals that the rapid diversification of squamates took place during the Jurassic era, which is much earlier than expected. Squamata is the largest or… [+2710 chars]
A new climate simulation by NASA suggests that enormous volcanic eruptions called flood basalt eruptions could significantly warm Earths climate and destroy the ozone layer which shields us from the … [+2400 chars]
Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels exp… [+7460 chars]
Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature organs that perform essential functions for the cell. In plants, for example, organelles called chloroplasts ph… [+1993 chars]
Scientists have found that a key modern group of reptiles that includes lizards and snakesknown as squamatesdiverged in the Jurassic period, 50 million years earlier than previously thought. New res… [+3676 chars]
A new climate simulation by NASA suggests that enormous volcanic eruptions called flood basalt eruptions could significantly warm Earths climate and destroy the ozone layer which shields us from the … [+2400 chars]
Theres something wonderful about sitting under the night sky, watching a meteor shower play out overhead. However, observers in the southern hemisphere usually get the short end of the stick, with mo… [+6391 chars]
As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially harbor life, new Southwest Research Institute-led research suggests that younger rocky exoplanets are more… [+3995 chars]
Accumulation of salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonates in poplar after infection with a virulent rust fungus, Melampsora larici-populina. (a, b) Concentrations of SA and its glucoside (SAG) in poplar lea… [+8540 chars]