RockOn! Student Experiments to Blast Off From NASA Wallops
After being developed via a virtual learning experience, more than 70 experiments built by university students across the United States are ready for flight on…
Breakthrough in Stabilization of Bio-Inspired Solar Energy Harvesting Materials
Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) can demonstrate a synthetic strategy to stabilize bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials. Their…
Understanding Frustration Could Lead to Better Medications
Rice scientists’ atomic resolution protein models reveal new details about protein binding. Knowing precisely where proteins are frustrated could go a long way toward making…
Scientists Use New Technology to Detect Signatures of Life Remotely
It could be a milestone on the path to detecting life on other planets: Scientists under the leadership of the University of Bern and of…
NASA Picturing Earth: Behind the Scenes [Video]
From their perch on the International Space Station, astronauts have spent twenty years sharing a story about Earth as they can see it from above….
Tarantula Toxin Attacks With Molecular Stinger – May Hold Answers to Better Control of Chronic Pain
Venom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal’s nerve cells. Oversized, hairy tarantulas may be unsightly and venomous,…
Unearthing Neanderthal Population History Using Ancient Nuclear DNA From Cave Sediments
Mitochondrial DNA of archaic humans has been retrieved from cave sediments, but it has limited value for studying population relationships. Now, researchers present a method…
Doubling Down on Headache Pain: Effective Combo of Common Drugs
Study says combo of common drugs may provide headache relief after injury. It’s not uncommon for people who experience a concussion to have moderate to…
Astrophysicists Solve a Mysterious Decades-Long Gamma-Ray Burst Puzzle
Astrophysicists from the University of Bath in the UK find the magnetic field in gamma-ray bursts is scrambled after the ejected material crashes into, and…
Highly Chirped Laser Pulses Defy “Conventional Wisdom”
University of Rochester researchers describe first highly chirped pulses created by a using a spectral filter in a Kerr resonator. The 2018 Nobel Prize in…
NASA Struggles to Fix Failure of Hubble Space Telescope’s 1980s Computer
NASA continues to work on resolving an issue with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope. The operations team will be running tests and…
Freak Coincidence: The Curious Incident of Swarm and Sprites in the Night-Time
We are all familiar with the bolts of lightning that accompany heavy storms. While these flashes originate in storm clouds and strike downwards, a much…
How Some Fungi That Cause Diseases Can Grow Through Tiny Gaps
University of Tsukuba research team sheds new light on how fungi that cause diseases can penetrate tissues by squeezing through tiny gaps between plant or…
Gorgeous New Sun Science Stamps Highlight a Decade of Sun-Watching From Space
To start off the summer, the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of stamps highlighting views of the Sun from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Showcasing…
Scientists Discover a New Genetic Mutation That Distinguishes Modern Humans From Neanderthals
Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Germany and the United States have analyzed the metabolomes of humans, chimpanzees, and macaques in muscle, kidney, and three…
Pam Melroy Confirmed by Senate as NASA Deputy Administrator
The following are statements from Pam Melroy and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Thursday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Melroy as deputy administrator of the National…
Laser-Driven Semiconductor Switch for Next-Generation Communications
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can theoretically achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than…
Massive “Doomsday Glacier” May Be More Stable Than Initially Feared
Study sheds light on the future of the massive Thwaites Glacier. The world’s largest ice sheets may be in less danger of sudden collapse than…