science
Long-sought structure of telomerase paves way for new drugs for aging,...
More than 30 years ago, when University of California, Berkeley researchers discovered telomerase—an enzyme that lengthens chromosome ends and prevents them from fraying enough...
The Matryoshka effect: Researchers describe underwater phenomenon
Researchers at Utah State University are sending cascades of water into a tank to uncover a mystery of fluid dynamics.
After a yearlong research study,...
Astronomers witness galaxy megamerger
Peering deep into space—an astounding 90 percent of the way across the observable universe—astronomers have witnessed the beginnings of a gargantuan cosmic pileup, the...
To See the First-Born Stars of the Universe
About 200 to 400 million years after the Big Bang created the universe, the first stars began to appear. Ordinarily stars lying at such...
Magma ocean may be responsible for the moon’s early magnetic field
Around four billion years ago, the Moon had a magnetic field that was about as strong as Earth's magnetic field is today. How the...
Archaeologists on ancient horse find in Nile River Valley
An ancient horse burial at Tombos along the Nile River Valley shows that a member of the horse family thousands of years ago was...
Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy—and beyond
ESA's Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details...
Cheap 3-D printer can produce self-folding materials
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes,...
New microscope captures detailed 3-D movies of cells deep within living...
Our window into the cellular world just got a whole lot clearer.
By combining two imaging technologies, scientists can now watch in unprecedented 3-D detail...
Fungus senses gravity using gene borrowed from bacteria
The pin mold fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus forms a dense forest of vertically growing fruiting bodies, but how does it know which way is "up"?...
Research gives new ray of hope for solar fuel
A team of Renewable Energy experts from the University of Exeter has pioneered a new technique to produce hydrogen from sunlight to create a...
