First Infection of Human Cells During Spaceflight Analyzed by Researchers
Astronauts face many challenges to their health, due to the exceptional conditions of spaceflight. Among these are a variety of infectious microbes that can attack…
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A Harvard Astronomer Said It’s Alien Technology – Now Scientists Think They Found the True Origin of Strange Interstellar Object
In 2017, the first interstellar object from beyond our solar system was discovered via the Pan-STARRS astronomical observatory in Hawaii. It was named ‘Oumuamua, meaning…
Winner-Takes-All Synthetic Gene Circuit Process Opens New Pathways to Treat Cancer and Other Diseases
Division of synthetic gene circuit workloads will make therapy more effective. A new process for inserting synthetic gene circuits into host cells, developed by a…
Hidden World Just Below the Surface: Scientists Discover Ocean “Surface Slicks” Are Nurseries for Diverse Fishes
The open ocean is a harsh place for newborn fishes. From the minute larvae hatch from their eggs, their survival depends upon finding food and…
Ending the Rat Race: How Evolution Can Change Science for the Better
Current reforms to end the ‘rat race’ between scientists can help; but are they enough? Science is society’s best method for understanding the world. Yet…
Explosive Past of Arizona’s Sunset Crater Eruption May Inform Threats of Similar Volcanoes Today
Around A.D. 1085, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona’s elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano erupted, forever changing ancient Puebloan fortunes and all nearby life….
Major Breakthrough for the Power Industry: New System Measures Solar Performance Over the Long Term
Suns Voc current-voltage testing adapted for system-wide use. A new system for measuring solar performance over the long term in scalable photovoltaic systems, developed by…
Cruciviruses: Criss-Crossing Viruses Give Rise to Peculiar Hybrid Variants
For millions of years, viruses have participated in a far-flung, import-export business, exchanging fragments of themselves with both viral and nonviral agents and acquiring new…
Ultraviolet Shines Light on Origins of Our Solar System
In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team of researchers, including planetary scientist and cosmochemist James Lyons of Arizona…
American Pikas Far More Resilient in the Face of Global Warming Than Previously Believed
The American pika is a charismatic, diminutive relative of rabbits that some researchers say is at high risk of extinction due to climate change. Pikas…
Are Male Genes From Mars, Female Genes From Venus? Sex Differences in Health and Disease
Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ…
Rare Dragon DNA: Sequencing the Genome of an Ancient Reptile
New Zealand is home to an astonishingly rich web of life, with many indigenous plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. Even amid…
Carbon-Rich Exoplanets May Be Made of Diamonds – “Unlike Anything in Our Solar System”
As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS, and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other stars), scientists are…
A New Twist on DNA Origami: Meta-DNA Structures Transform the DNA Nanotechnology World
A team* of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) led by Hao Yan, ASU’s Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular…
New Fossil Ape Discovered in India Fills Major Gaps in the Primate Fossil Record
The 13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor fills major gaps in the primate fossil record. A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape,…
Cosmic Detective Work: Asteroid Fragments May Have Jumped the Gap in the Early Solar System
Using some cosmic detective work, a team of researchers has found evidence that tiny pieces of asteroids from the inner solar system may have crossed…
Tracking California’s Sinking Coast From Space: San Francisco, Monterey Bay, Los Angeles, and San Diego Majorly Affected
A majority of the world population lives on low lying lands near the sea, some of which are predicted to submerge by the end of…
Coal-Burning in Siberia 250 Million Years Ago Led to Climate Change & Caused the Earth’s Most Severe Extinction Event
A team of researchers led by Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive…