Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, visited with students from the departments of Physics and Astronomy and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences April 3. Both departments are part of Rice’s Wiess School o

We are "throwing down the lunar gauntlet" and offering this observing challenge to one and all.

Scientific Reports - Influence of reinforcement method on the crack characteristic parameters of expansive soil experimental study

Scientists are studying whether a religious group successfully synthesized a mythical, potent psychedelic

Named after the Hindu god Hanuman, the small whitish bird, the size of a Robin, was merged with the Kentish plover in the 1930s as both species were considered to be the same.

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new comprehensive international study. Using 50 different satellite estimates, researchers found that Greenland’s melt ha…

The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 21 of SpaceX's new Starlink "V2 mini" satellites took off at 10:31 a.m. ET from the premises of the Space Launch Complex 40.

A new study shows that simple hand magnets erase a meteorite’s magnetic memory.

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Companies, take note—emotions like anger, fear, and anticipation can impact what ends up in consumers' shopping carts

A hybrid solar eclipse took place on April 20 lasting about 5 hours and 25 minutes. The eclipse started at 7.04 am and will end at 12.29 pm. This is the first eclipse of 2023. It will be visible in East and South-East Asia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, …

Researchers propose that more than 500 million years ago, vertebrate ancestors acquired the original gene from bacterial DNA by horizontal gene transfer.

Physicists relate the quantum property of ‘magic’ to the chaotic nature of black holes for the first time. A quantum property dubbed ‘magic’ could be the key to explaining how space and time emerged, a new mathematical analysis by three RIKEN physicists sugge…

Two protein complexes carry the major responsibility for the spatial organization of chromosomes in our cell nuclei. DNA tension plays a surprising role in this. Nanoscientists now publish how they have visualized this.

The search for exoplanets (planets outside our Solar System) involves competing for time on Earth’s biggest telescopes – yet the hit rate of this search can be disappointingly low

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are novel therapeutics that can be used to treat a wide range of diseases. This has led to a growing demand for selective, efficient, and safe ways of delivering siRNA in cells. Now, in a cooperation between the Universities of…

Plants that glow under ultraviolet (UV) light aren't only a figment of science fiction TV and movies. Roots of a traditional medicine plant called the orange climber, or Toddalia asiatica, can fluoresce an ethereal blue hue. And now, researchers have identifi…

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration used years of cosmic microwave background data to create a new map of Dark Matter.

London, Apr 19:Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade. Most of these will involve small robotic s…

In the future, communications networks and computers will use information stored in objects governed by the microscopic laws of quantum mechanics. This capability can potentially underpin communication with greatly enhanced security and computers with unprece…

They give off less UV, but more is absorbed by their planets’ atmospheres, boffins tell life hunters

A next-generation spacesuit – in effect an astronaut’s personal spaceship – will advance NASA’s spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit and at the International Space Station.

The 3D scanning of the mysterious fossil may have finally settled the argument about its classification as either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. The Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium) has been a source of puzzlement for paleontologists for over 50 year…

The space agency needs an additional $250 million this fiscal year to make sure the Martian mission stays on schedule to launch in 2028.