Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles?

The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engines are high-performance machines that are exposed to extremely low temperatures and extremely high temperatures and pressures during fueling and flight.

When eight-year-old Hugo Deans discovered a handful of BB-sized objects lying near an ant nest beneath a log in his backyard, he thought they were a type of seed. His father, Andrew Deans, professor of entomology at Penn State, however, knew immediately what …

Shouldn't common provisions for procurement within the EU lead to increased central control and better coordination? Yes, but the guidelines introduced during the COVID-19 crisis were at the same time so flexible that they can also result in increased corrupt…

<p>The James Webb space telescope has taken its first image of an exoplanet -- a planet outside our solar system -- as astronomers hail the device's performance since its launch last year.</p>

The research team of the Red List of Mammals in Portugal, which is working on reviewing the threat and conservation status of these species in this country, carried out an "unprecedented compilation" of data on georeferenced occurrences of mammals in mainland…

NASA's SLS may be a new rocket, but its engines, which once powered the Space Shuttle, are anything but.

Each of the four RS-25 engines currently positioned at the base of NASA’s Space Launch System has gone to space...

Scientists in Zimbabwe have discovered the remains of Africa's oldest dinosaur, which roamed the earth around 230 million years ago. The dinosaur, named Mbiresaurus raathi, was only about one meter (3.2 feet) tall, with a long tail, and weighed up to

A multidisciplinary team of Indiana University researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can help facilitate effective repair of DNA damage in the human nucleus -- a finding that could lead to improved cancer …

Scientists teamed up with musicians to turn deep space imagery and data into music...

The James Webb space telescope has taken its first image of an exoplanet -- a planet outside our solar system -- as astronomers hail the device's performance...

New research provides fresh insight into how an important class of molecules are created and moved in human cells.

An unusual protein structure known as a 'rippled beta sheet,' first predicted in 1953, has now been created in the laboratory and characterized in detail using x-ray crystallography. The new findings may enable the rational design of unique materials based on…

Researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can help facilitate effective repair of DNA damage in the human nucleus -- a finding that could lead to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

New information about the surface properties of the moon's permanently shadowed region will help to identify suitable locations for future lunar missions.

Chinese astronauts onboard China's Tiangong Space Station are reported to have successfully hatched rice seedlings in space.

Be it magnets or superconductors: materials are known for their various properties. However, these properties may change spontaneously under extreme conditions. Researchers have discovered an entirely new type of such phase transitions. They display the pheno…

NASA amazes the world once again, as its Webb Space Telescope takes the first direct image of a distant world

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A new optical device measures photon indistinguishability—an important property for future light-based quantum computers.

Researchers at Linköping University have used computer simulations to show that stable aromatic molecules can become reactive after absorbing light. The results, published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry, may have long-term applications in such areas as t…

Many around the world will watch eagerly this Saturday as NASA launches Artemis I, the agency's first Moon exploration mission since the 1970s.