Slimy Microbes Discovered That Could Help Keep Coral Reefs Healthy
The bacteria scrub out nitrogen, potentially defending against certain nutrient overloads. Corals have evolved over millennia to live, and even thrive, in waters with few…
The bacteria scrub out nitrogen, potentially defending against certain nutrient overloads. Corals have evolved over millennia to live, and even thrive, in waters with few…
Researchers have found a way to protect highly fragile quantum systems from noise, which could aid in the design and development of new quantum devices,…
Using years’ worth of data collected from ice-covered habitats all over the world, a Montana State University team has discovered new insights into the processes…
Co-governance model for implementing conservation management plan gives species their best chances of survival. The Fraser River estuary in British Columbia is home to 102…
University considers proposal to convert cattle manure to methane and use it in combination with geothermal energy to heat the campus all winter. Cornell University…
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins performs the Grasp experiment in the Columbus module of the International Space Station ahead of the New Year. The experiment studies…
NASA’s Lucy mission is one step closer to launch as L’TES, the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer, has been successfully integrated on to the spacecraft. “Having…
Often considered the world’s oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead of giving birth to live…
Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification. Anyone who has ever hesitated in front of a…
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move…
These 366 images of the Sun were made by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2020. This satellite is continuously monitoring the changing activity of the Sun….
Wuhan City in China was the first place to report COVID-19 in the world and — between December 2019 and May 2020 — caused nearly…
Simulations highlight potential value of developing ways to reduce how long someone is contagious. A new computational analysis suggests that a vaccine or medication that…
To celebrate the new year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has published a montage of six beautiful galaxy mergers. Each of these merging systems was…
Northeastern Asia has a complex history of migrations and plague outbursts. That is the essence of an international archaeogenetic study published in Science Advances and…
Three papers unveil the extraordinary diversity of animal sex chromosomes. The sex chromosomes genetically define the developmental fate of an embryo to become a male…
Humans feeding leftover lean meat to wolves during harsh winters may have had a role in the early domestication of dogs, towards the end of…
Black Americans, women, conservatives more hesitant to trust COVID-19 vaccine. Thirty-one percent of respondents to a Texas A&M-led survey said they don’t intend to be…