NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver, firing its main engine and changing…
A newly published study details how MIT scientists create and detect spin-orbit coupling in an…
This Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 5806, which is located in the constellation Virgo…
J.B.S. Haldane proposed in the 1930s that children might inherit more mutations from their fathers…
By using common baker’s yeast as a model system, Harvard researchers discovered how the key…
A gold particle five nanometers in width weighs just a few megadaltons, a tiny unit…
A new study from scientists at Harvard University describes the mechanism by which coiling occurs…
Created by combining six images from the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera, this mosaic shows a…
According to a new study, more than 40% of tuberculosis infections that are resistant to…
A newly published study compares the Denisovan genome with those of the Neandertals and eleven…
Using the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a team of scientists have estimated…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Max-Planck-ESO telescope,…
In horses, unusual gaits have been traced to a single mutation. This endows them with…
A recently published study details how scientists used light from an exploding star as a…
Arthropods from the Triassic period have been discovered preserved in amber. They are 100 million…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and MIT have genetically engineered muscle cells to flex…
Drastically cutting back on calorie intake doesn’t seem to lengthen the lifespan in primates. This…
Using a technique called “patterned regrowth,” scientists at Cornell have invented a way to pattern…