image: Historic forest on Telegrafenberg in Potsdam as part of a heritage site and scientific campus. The study shows that large-scale afforestation has implications beyond country borders and even c… [+3873 chars]
A team of international researchers has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat. The scientists from the University of Adelaide and the UK's John Innes Centre have identified a genetic drive… [+2383 chars]
Skywatchers might get a bonus this Sunday, when a meteor storm not associated with a major meteor shower could light up the morning. In the pre-dawn hours on May 15, our planet will pass through a … [+1402 chars]
Humans like to look up at clouds and spot fun shapes like dragons and puppies. Last Friday, a weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked down and spotted a gian… [+1199 chars]
Researchers who need to look at impossibly small objects or incredibly fast phenomena are in luck. After a series of upgrades that took nine years, the world’s most powerful X-ray laser is back in bu… [+3166 chars]
Carell and colleagues were inspired by ribosomes shown here translating a strand of RNA.Credit: Omikron/Science Photo Library Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of lifes beg… [+4194 chars]
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. You know what I would love? Definitive proof of alien life on Mars. Give me tentacle monsters. Give me a civilization of … [+2034 chars]
Like every solar-panel-powered vehicle on Mars, maintaining electrical power always becomes an issue at some point in the mission. Last week, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost… [+6197 chars]
It's not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted to describing the behavior of atomic and subatomic particles in order to elucidate … [+5392 chars]
Biologist Xinnian Dong says her "best Christmas gift ever" arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and collaborator at Duke University, Pei Zhou, who rang with long… [+4046 chars]
A tiny fragment of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may have been found encased in amber -- a discovery NASA has described as "mind-blowing." It's one of several astounding finds at … [+7940 chars]
Since it launched on February 11, 2010, NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory- SDO- continually observes the Sun. It studies how solar activity is generated and impacts space weather. Recently, it capture… [+592 chars]
