NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Starts Processing at Kennedy Space Center
Bound for an asteroid of the same name, the orbiter spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for its August launch. Since its arrival on April 29,…
Discovery of “Yoyo” Mechanism: Turning X Chromosome “Off and On Again” Critical for Oocyte Development
Discovery of ‘yoyo’ mechanism could pave the way for generating artificial oocytes in the lab. A potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the successful and…
Charting a Safe Course for an Autonomous Robot Through a Highly Uncertain Environment
A new technique has been developed to safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots a “Doorway” on Mars
Door-Shaped Fracture Spotted by Curiosity at ‘East Cliffs’ NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this mound of rock nicknamed…
Innovative 3D-Printing Technology Creates Glass Microstructures With Rays of Light
The manufacturing technique enables faster production, greater optical quality, and design flexibility. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new way to…
Hiding in Plain Sight Behind Piercingly Blue Stars
The subdued red tones of the globular cluster Liller 1 are partially obscured in this view by a dense scattering of piercingly blue stars. In…
NASA Releases Moon to Mars Deep Space Exploration Objectives – Seeks Public Input
As NASA moves forward with plans to send astronauts to the Moon as part of the Artemis missions to prepare for human exploration of Mars,…
MIT Scientists Unveil a Secret of Stronger Metals
New research shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties. Forming metal into the specific shapes needed for…
Tiny Microdrones Propelled by Light-Driven Nanomotors
A hand-held laser pointer produces no noticeable recoil forces when it is “fired” — even though it emits a directed stream of light particles. The…
Cells Take Out the Trash Before They Divide To Give Their Offspring a Clean Slate
Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a fresh start. MIT scientists have discovered that before cells start…
Cancer Origin Identified by Scientists Through Cell “Surgery”
Research from the University of Warwick reveals new insights on a key cause of cancer formation during cell division (or mitosis), and points towards potential…
Fly Researchers at Duke University Find Another Layer to the Code of Life
Rare pieces of genetic code may serve as another way to control cellular machinery. A new investigation into the way different tissues read information from…
Ultrathin Fuel Cell Generates Electricity From Your Body’s Own Sugar
Engineers have created a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and electronic sensors. Glucose is a sugar we absorb from the foods we…
This Week @NASA: Total Lunar Eclipse, Hunting Marsquakes, Boeing Starliner, and Supersonic X-Plane Mission
The next commercial crew test mission to the space station … Outlining the agency’s objectives for deep space exploration …. And covering the total lunar…
New Research Finds Drinking Alcohol More Dangerous to the Heart Than Previously Thought
Levels of alcohol consumption currently considered safe by some countries are associated with the development of heart failure, according to new research presented at Heart…
Ultracold Bubbles on Space Station: New Quantum Research Experiments With an Exotic State of Matter
Produced inside NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, the ultracold bubbles provide new opportunities to experiment with an exotic state of matter. Since the days of NASA’s…
Everyday Plastic Products – Such As Coffee Cups – Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles Into Water
Plastics are all around us, whether it’s the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics…
Introducing NASA Quesst: X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Mission
New Name, Same Great Supersonic Mission Introducing Quesst. Evoking the experimental nature of flight testing and the spirit of aeronautical exploration, Quesst is what NASA…
