ByMatt Wood, University of ChicagoMay 18, 2022 Like many octopuses, the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) declines and dies shortly after breeding. Credit: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Bi… [+10197 chars]
A research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia have combined two emerging imaging technologies to better view a wide range of biomolecules, including proteins, lipids and DNA, at the na… [+3174 chars]
In 1996, a rock from space was found in southwestern Egypts Great Sand Sea. The rock was odd, even by extraterrestrial standards, and a team of researchers studying the rocks chemistry now propose th… [+2742 chars]
<ul><li>NASA says Herschel 36 is now one-million-year old but it is still quite young in cosmic sense.</li><li>Says star is located in constellation Sagittarius, 4,000 light-years away. </li><li>Says… [+797 chars]
A total lunar eclipse wowed viewers around the world this week and in one timelapse video, it can be seen dramatically cutting the light of the night sky to such a degree that the Milky Way suddenly … [+3115 chars]
University of Central Florida researchers are developing new photonic materials that could one day help enable low power, ultra-fast, light-based computing.The unique materials, known as topological … [+3404 chars]
ByFlinders UniversityMay 18, 2022 A close-up of the tooth from a birds-eye viewpoint. Credit: Fabrice Demeter (University of Copenhagen/CNRS Paris) Denisovans, a sister species of modern humans, in… [+5728 chars]
For the past few days, we've all been fawning over the glorious new image of our Milky Way's black hole. But for a moment, we might want to pause and pay our respects to a lonely chasm across the uni… [+7168 chars]
<ul><li>Scientists have for the first time been able to grow plants in soil from the moon.</li><li>The soil samples were collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 ventures, according to NPR.</li><li>… [+3976 chars]
Robots have traditionally been purpose-built to perform a single, very specific task, but researchers from Beihang University are taking a much different approach with a new robotic drone that can op… [+6569 chars]
Two Rutgers engineers specializing in the process of making drugs derived from living organisms have created an analytical tool they expect will accelerate the discovery and production of biologic dr… [+4872 chars]
New research in plants that colonized the base of an active stratovolcano reveals that two simple molecular steps rewired nutrient transport, enabling adaptation. An international team led by Angela… [+5881 chars]