Ripples in the fabric of space-time known as gravity waves could offer us an insight into the moment time began - the Big Bang.

Ripples in the fabric of space-time known as gravity waves could offer us an insight into the moment time began with the Big Bang.

Astronauts participating in 14 studies under the CIPHER investigation will help clarify how multiple systems in the body react to longer spaceflight missions.

Soft biological tissues are important constituents that influence human physiology and disease since they impact cell behavior during tissue development, maintenance and repair. Most existing methods are limited by comprehensive characterization techniques to…

Surprising study could lead to re-appraisal of potential landing sites

The just-found near-Earth asteroid 2023 will be the fourth-closest detected pass on record.

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Microfluidic model of human gingival tissue with complex oral tissue architecture allows monthlong phenotypic expression, response and recovery to multiple inflammatory triggers and the potential for identification of new therapeutic targets for gum disease.

Nuclear Thermal and Nuclear Electric Propulsion are the two new systems being explored by by NASA.

Cilia assembly and function require intraflagellar transport (IFT), a mechanism that uses “trains” to transport cargoes into and out of cilia. While much has been learned about IFT in the past decades, IFT train assembly, loading of cargo and transport regula…

Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that trip – and the 10,000-degree F heat once there would vaporize you anyway.

The slice you see cut out of the Earth reveals its core, depicted here in bright yellow. fhm/E+ via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all...

Rhodococcus ruber, a kind of bacteria, has been found to eat and digest plastic. It may even remove 1% or so from the world's oceans.

Laboratory experiment shows that bacteria really eat and digest plastic. The bacterium Rhodococcus ruber eats and actually digests plastic. This has been shown in laboratory experiments by PhD student Maaike Goudriaan at Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Re…

The conditions at the Mistastin crater are kind of like those on the moon.

Scientific Reports - Damage amplification during repetitive seismic waves in mechanically loaded rocks

Dr. Hervé Blottière updates us on what current studies say about when bacteria first colonize the body and the impact of that process on infant health.

This article looks at life science applications of sub-500nm IR microscopy and spectroscopy with co-located fluorescence imaging.

NGC 6355 has been imaged using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The globular cluster of stars lies 50,000 light-years away.Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola,...

About 20 to 40 million years ago, entelodonts — immense, snaggletoothed, pig-like beasts — trotted throughout Eurasia and North America....

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Inspired by the bubbles bacteria create inside their cells, researchers developed a similar system by coating tiny gas vesicles with protein. The resulting bubbles are safe, highly stable, and function as contrast agent in medical applications. They

While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory co-operated by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)— scientists discover…

A gene-therapy treatment applied to the skin resulted in dramatic would healing in patients with epidermolysis bullosa, a painful and debilitating skin condition.

Miracle vaccines. Videophones in our pockets. Reusable rockets. Our technological bounty and its related blur of scientific progress seem undeniable and unsurpassed. Yet analysts now report that the overall pace of real breakthroughs has fallen dramatically o…