Microbial Continental Ecosystems Helped Seed Ancient Seas
Like our oceans, today’s continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent of plants, continents would have appeared barren. These…
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TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets Reveal Clues About Habitable Worlds
TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool red dwarf star that is slightly larger, but much more massive, than the planet Jupiter, located about 40 light-years from the…
Study Shows Modern Humans Thrived Through Ancient Toba Supervolcano Eruption
Imagine a year in Africa that summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night. Flowers…
Fully Autonomous Cancer-Fighting Nanorobots Seek and Destroy Tumors
In a major advancement in nanomedicine, Arizona State University (ASU) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), of…
Discovery May Lead to New Crack-resistant Metal Alloys
A new discovery by researchers at Arizona State Univeristy points the way to designing crack-resistant metal alloys with different microstructures. Sometimes looking at something at…
LRO Spacecraft Finds New Impact Craters on The Moon
By comparing pictures taken early in the mission with more recent images, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed more than two-dozen new impact craters –…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures an Image of Earth from the Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captures a rare view of Earth from the moon. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) experiences 12 “earthrises” every day, however LROC…
ASU Research Shows Gusev Crater on Mars Once Held a Lake
New research from Arizona State University shows evidence that the Gusev Crater on Mars once held a lake. If desert mirages occur on Mars, “Lake…
Physicists Propose Higgs Boson ‘Portal’ to Help Explain Dark Energy
A newly published study explores how the recently discovered Higgs boson may provide a possible “portal” to physics that will help explain some of the…
Chemical Makeup Impacts Evolution of the Host Star and Habitability of Planets that Orbit It
Newly published research from scientists at ASU suggests that the host star’s chemical makeup has a substantial impact on the evolution of the host star…
Converting Waste into Useful Energy by Improving Microbial Fuel Cells
In an effort to provide a sustainable system for waste treatment and energy production, scientists at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute are working microbial fuel…
Opportunity on the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been exploring the edge of Endeavour Crater since August 2011, taking images and recording data about the environment. Like…
New Technique Predicts How Hydrogels Transform
Hydrogels have been in the marketplace for a long time, offering diverse properties that make them ideal for applications on a number of consumer products….
Corkscrew Lava Coils Seen on Mars in Athabasca Valles
NASA’s HiRISE spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Mars, spotted these interesting patterns, which are actually rare lava flows. This is the first time that lava…