science
Medical-like tools for NASA to study samples of the solar system
A NASA team scanned these terrestrial rock samples, all measuring two to four inches in diameter, to investigate possibilities for future in-space use of...
‘Monster’ planet discovery challenges formation theory
This is an artist's impression of the cool red star above NGTS-1b.
Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick
A giant planet, which should not exist according...
The world’s shortest laser pulse: Seeing electron movement during chemical reactions
Thomas Gaumnitz, postdoctoral fellow in the group of ETH professor Hans Jakob Wörner with the setup that generates the shortest laser pulses in the...
Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
A tiny treeshrew brain saps just as much of the body's energy as a human brain, researchers report. Shown in red are the blood...
How plants decide on a pattern for a new leaf
Plant geneticist Professor Marja Timmermans in the green house with rockcress or Arabidopsis.
Credit: Gunther Willinger/University of Tübingen
When a multicellular organism develops, each cell...
Warming climate may release vast amounts of carbon from long-frozen Arctic...
A bank of permafrost thaws near the Kolyma River in Siberia.
Credit: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in...
Individual with complete spinal cord injury regains voluntary motor function
The research participant with chronic motor complete spinal cord injury flexing his hip and knee without epidural stimulation. He previously received long-term activity-based training...
Discovery of new T-cell subtype opens window on rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the joints, causing inflammation, pain, and eventually destruction of the tissues that...
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
The L194P egg-adaptive mutation dramatically increases the motility of the major epitope on the hemagglutinin of influenza H3 viruses. Red: high motility; white: medium...
Bonding benefits of breastfeeding extend years beyond infancy
Breastfeeding may have an impact on maternal bonding, suggests new research.
Credit: © yupachingping / Fotolia
Women who breastfeed their children longer exhibit more maternal...
Pumpkin genomes sequenced, revealing uncommon evolutionary history
Group of assorted pumpkins, gourds and squash.
Credit: © stevecuk / Fotolia
For some, pumpkins conjure carved Halloween decorations, but for many people around the...
