MicroRNAs are useful in early cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Hence, developing miniaturized biosensors with high sensitivity for microRNAs is highly desirable. In an article published recently in th… [+6268 chars]
In a university swimming pool, scientists and their underwater cameras watch carefully as a coiled shell is released from a pair of metal tongs. The shell begins to move under its own power, giving t… [+7595 chars]
Rare, elliptical craters spotted on two of Saturn's moons reveal new clues about the satellites' age and formation, a new study shows. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission , researchers from the… [+3489 chars]
Currently we can find web pages on the internet that offer us various digitally generated cartographic views. In them we can check different aspects related to the world and the people who inhabit it… [+3367 chars]
Physicists observed a strange new type of behavior in a magnetic material when it's heated up. The magnetic spins "freeze" into a static pattern when the temperature rises, a phenomenon that normally… [+3313 chars]
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition has revealed this year’s shortlisted photos from all over the globe. Competition for the World’s Greatest… [+3320 chars]
An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a Canadian researcher. In AIP Advances, Qing-Bi… [+3283 chars]
The launch of a NASA rocket from the remote wilderness of the Northern Territory has been delayed due to consistent winds. After a previous day's delay because of heavy rain, the Suborbital Imaging … [+2266 chars]
Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment -- the world's oceans. Researchers use a range of tools to study their whereabouts, including satellite tracking, aerial surveys, sighting… [+10088 chars]
Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two groups of aquatic invertebrates related to clams, earthworms and leeches. Evolutionary biologists did not have an understanding of their precise position in the tree of … [+2023 chars]
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the world's first full-scale planetary defence test against potential asteroid impacts on Earth. Researchers now show that instead of leaving… [+4007 chars]
A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet's severe weather, cl… [+6071 chars]
