In contrast to previous assumptions, the defense hormones salicylic acid and jasmonic acid do not always suppress each other in regulating plant chemical defenses against pests and pathogens. In tree… [+6226 chars]
image: Zach Putnam, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaignview more Credit: University of Illinois Urbana… [+3913 chars]
Seagrasses are some of the most efficient carbon sinks on Earth: one square kilometer can store nearly twice as much carbon as forests on land, and 35 times as fast. Now, a research team led by the M… [+2893 chars]
Canadians will no longer be allowed to commit crimes on the surface of the moon under a legislative change slipped into the country’s latest budget bill. The move comes in anticipation of Canada’s i… [+784 chars]
Mars is full of volcanoes, such as these ones in the Tharsis region: Ceraunius Tholus and Uranius ... [+] Tholus. This image came from data taken during separate orbits of the European Space Agency's… [+2281 chars]
U.K. engineers are currently testing a device that will make GPS navigation work on the moon ahead of a 2024 launch of a demonstration mission. The device, called NaviMoon, was built by Switzerland-… [+3822 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]
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) restarted for the first time in three years almost two weeks ago. The LHC restarted on April 22nd after three years of maintenance, upgrades, and consolidation work. … [+1032 chars]
SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission will get to spend a few extra hours aboard the International Space Station (ISS), if all goes according to plan. Crew-3's Dragon capsule had been scheduled to dep… [+2382 chars]
There are approximately 750 species of salamander known to science, a third of which reside in North America. Now, a team of researchers led by R. Alexander Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Associate Prof… [+2775 chars]
New York: A team of scientists have, for the first time ever, mapped living corals before and after a major marine heat wave, to make targeted and effective conservation. While there have been repor… [+2363 chars]
An anti-idling campaign at two elementary schools was effective in reducing idling time by 38%, and an air monitoring experiment found that air quality around schools can vary over short distances. T… [+4054 chars]
