Measurements We interpolated the thickness of Vulcan Planitia through topographic measurements of three geologic features found within the unit: craters with partial infill, montes and their surroun… [+8227 chars]
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered, has secured a new $205M funding infusion that will be used to accelerate its construction. When finished, it will be four ti… [+3223 chars]
This has been confirmed in the article 'New contributions to the skull anatomy of spinosaurid theropods: Baryonychinae maxilla from the Early Cretaceous of Igea (La Rioja, Spain)' published in the jo… [+3457 chars]
Astronomers are planning a fishing trip to land an extraterrestrial interloper on Earth: A small meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean with energy equivalent to about… [+4370 chars]
Writing in an August 9 article in the journal Cell Reports, the scientists make the case that their computer models are the first to combine data sets from different types of lab experiments, providi… [+1621 chars]
NASA has plans to build a telescope six miles (9.66km) wide in Earth orbit, comprised of a constellation of six toaster-sized satellites. The first of those toasters has just been finished. The Sun… [+2520 chars]
Animals Experiment 1 The aim of experiment 1 was to describe differences in the ontogeny of play between domesticated chickens and ancestral Red Junglefowl. The Red Junglefowl (RJF) chicks (n=40) u… [+8737 chars]
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Kyoto-Since scientists first mapped the complete human genome, attention has now turned to the question of how cells use this master copy of genetic instructions. It is known that when genes are swit… [+4104 chars]
ATLANTA Robots have just thrown a curveball at the laws of physics. Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology say humans, animals, and machines typically need to push against something in o… [+2673 chars]
Scientists using sophisticated computational chemistry techniques have identified a new pathway for how sulfur particles can form in the atmosphere of Venus. These results may help to understand the … [+3392 chars]
A photo of the newly identified Bathynomus yucatanensis from a single, 10-inch-long (26 cm) specimen. (Image credit: Ming-Chih Huang, Journal of Natural History) A colossal, creamy yellow woodlouse … [+3637 chars]
