We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. To update your cookie settings, please visit the Cookie Preference Center for this site.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier In… [+173 chars]
Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events -- and therefore largely unpredictable.But an international t… [+3392 chars]
Before Earth existed, there were minerals. Some stood witness as the solar nebula stashed stardust and meteorites coalesced to form our rocky abode. But the centuries-old system for classifying miner… [+6190 chars]
Though it's been more than a week since NASA revealed its first exquisite set of James Webb Space Telescope images, exhilaration following that July 12 broadcast hasn't died down. And at the rate the… [+5087 chars]
Gemini South, one of the world’s most productive and powerful optical-infrared telescopes, received a major capability boost with the successful installation of a new high-resolution spectrograph cal… [+5779 chars]
Many historic buildings were built of sandstone, such as Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral. Sandstone is easy to work, but does not withstand weathering well. It consists of sand grains that are relat… [+3324 chars]
The Milky Way is dominated by dustand a new map of it will make it easier to both investigate it ... [+] and avoid it. getty Space is a dusty place. Really dusty. Its so dusty than weve now got a … [+1858 chars]
Scientists have developed an artificial protein that could offer new insights into chemical evolution on early Earth. All cells need energy to survive, but because the kinds of chemicals available d… [+3812 chars]
ByMax Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterJuly 20, 2022 An infrared pulse (blue) excites the electron dynamics in bulk Na3Bi. Due to strong spin-orbit coupling, the spin-up elec… [+4508 chars]
A meme has been circulating online during the pandemic featuring Tiktaalik roseae, the iconic, four-legged "fishapod" that first made the transition from water to land 375 million years ago. Most var… [+6518 chars]
On NASAs website, there is a Where Is Webb? page, where visitors can track the current location of the James Webb Space Telescope. On that page, tap the Webb in 3D Solar System button, where you will… [+120 chars]
New York: Three out of five Americans believe that the James Webb telescope is a somewhat or very good investment, according to a new YouGov poll. The $10 billion Webb telescope, is an international… [+2463 chars]
