Tropical Trees Are Dying Twice As Fast Due to Climate Change
According to new research, climate change may have caused rainforest trees to die more quickly starting in the 1980s. The results of a long-term international…
Deep Underground Experiment Results Confirm Anomaly: Possible New Fundamental Physics
Sterile neutrino, physics fundamentals among interpretations of anomalous results. New scientific results confirm an anomaly seen in previous experiments, which may point to an as-yet-unconfirmed…
A Shortcut to Preventing Cancer
A new theory suggests that mutations have few straightforward ways to establish themselves in cells and cause tumors. For many researchers, the road to cancer…
Exploring Earth From Space: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, which lies along the coast of southeast Alaska, is featured in this detailed satellite image captured…
Catching COVID-19 Could Increase Your Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
According to a recent study, the coronavirus can increase the mouse brain’s susceptibility to a toxin that causes the death of nerve cells seen in…
Over a Million Miles per Hour: NASA’s Chandra Catches Pulsar in X-Ray Speed Trap
A pulsar is racing through the debris of an exploded star at a speed of over a million miles per hour. To measure this, researchers…
Infographic: Anatomy of a Comet
Comets are cosmic snowballs, the frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of frozen gases, dust, and rock. They range in size…
Just One Week of Dieting Could Stop Chronic Inflammation in Obese Patients
Scientists from Leipzig University identify new mechanisms for chronic inflammation and wound healing issues In routine clinical practice, it has been noted that obese individuals are…
To Infinity and Beyond: NASA Collaborates on New Pixar Buzz Lightyear Movie
NASA assets have a far-reaching audience including those beyond scientists and engineers. Visual resources including imagery and other video footage, filming at NASA centers across…
How the Brain Changes During Depression Treatment
A new study maps how the brain changes throughout depression treatment. Researchers have for the first time shown what occurs in the brain during repetitive…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Observes Asteroid Bennu’s Boulder “Body Armor”
Asteroid Bennu’s boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith…
Scientists Discover Largest Plant on Earth – Estimated To Be at Least 4,500 Years Old
Australian scientists believe they have discovered the world’s biggest plant – and they estimate it’s at least 4,500 years old. The ancient and incredibly resilient…
Scientists Find the Genetic Origin of Our Senses
University of Innsbruck researchers have identified the genetic origin of our senses Researchers from the University of Innsbruck have determined the genetic origin of our…
Startling Finding: The Majority of Nigerian Drinking Water Is Contaminated With Microplastics
A new study investigates whether microplastics are pervasive in Nigerian drinking water About 90% of the drinking water in Nigeria comes from boreholes, which are…
How to Boost Your Immune System With 5 Common Vitamins
Feeling under the weather? Worried about catching a bug the next time one begins to make its way through your family and friends? Post-pandemic, many…
The James Webb Space Telescope: Prepare for a New Way To See the Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped…
Demystifying the Dark Art of Electrolyte Design for Next-Generation Batteries
Creating the Building Blocks for Next-Generation Batteries With more than a trillion tons of carbon dioxide now circulating in the atmosphere, and global temperatures projected…
Major Scientific Breakthrough Toward the Benefits of Exercise in a Pill
The benefits of exercise in a pill? Science is now closer to that goal. Researchers have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced…