The analysis of low-intensity human-caused microearthquakes, including their magnitude and frequency, has become an important factor in mining. This is a consideration not only for the safety of mini… [+3033 chars]
MOSCOW - A spacewalk by two Russians on Wednesday was ended abruptly due to a problem with the battery in cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev's suit, though at no point was he in any danger, the US and Russian s… [+1473 chars]
Single-cell transcriptomics is revolutionizing the field of cell biology. This technique enables researchers to analyze the genes expressed in individual cells, which provides more information on the… [+1997 chars]
A new study by Webster University Biology Associate Professor Nicole Miller-Struttmann, University of Missouri at Columbia Professor Emerita Candace Galen and University of Missouri Ph.D. student Zac… [+3246 chars]
After scrutinising material that was brought to earth from an asteroid named Ryugu by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2, scientists are saying water may have come to our planet from the outer edges of … [+4497 chars]
Meet R136a1, the most massive star known. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, it's a hulking behemoth weighing somewhere between 150 and 200 times the mass of the sun. Understanding the upper limi… [+2411 chars]
Oceans have their own unique soundscape. Many marine organisms, for example, use sound for echolocation, navigation or communication with conspecifics. In recent decades, however, more and more sound… [+3589 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope is using infrared light to reveal otherwise invisible aspects of the universe -- and capturing stunning imagery in the process. Among the wonders it's discovering and … [+2578 chars]
Nitrogen (N) deficiency first affects the N uptake and assimilation systems of plants. Nitrate, the main source of plant N, is absorbed and transported by nitrate transporters. Nitrate can be metabol… [+4046 chars]
The oscillations in binary neutron stars before they merge could have big implications for the insights scientists can glean from gravitational wave detection. Researchers at the University of Birmi… [+3244 chars]
NASA astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting an asteroid 480 million miles from Earth. The three-mile-wide moon, which is yet to be officially named, orbits the 17-mile-wide asteroid Polymel… [+7937 chars]
In 2019, a conference held at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in California concluded with a fraught statement: "We wouldn't call it a tension or a problem but rather a crisis." David Gr… [+6122 chars]
