We report a process that pressurizes volatiles into nano-pores of type 1 glassy carbon precursors, converts the glassy carbon into nanocrystalline diamond by heating, and synthesizes free-standing nanostructured diamond capsules (NDCs) capable of permanently …

An experiment revealed that chomping on slightly tougher material requires markedly more energy. Spending less time on mastication may go hand in hand with human evolution.

With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists have been searching for ways to shut down the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), a protein complex on the outer envelope of bacterial cells that helps them to exchange DNA with neighboring bacteria and …

Wednesday’s mission was the seventh spacewalk for Oleg Artemyev.

Prof. Willy Kley, a pioneer in the field of protoplanetary disks, unexpectedly died in December 2021. Today's post commemorates Willy's legacy and summarizes a scientific conference that was held in memory of Willy in the beginning of August.

Researchers at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have developed a novel value chain for production of textile and bio-fue

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research project will take a deep look at the ages-long interaction between parasitic lice and mammal species, including humans.

A newly discovered crater off the coast of West Africa was likely caused by an asteroid more than 400 meters wide that hit the Earth around the same time as the space rock that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.

New research by Flinders University scientists sheds new light on the reasons why two species of dolphins coexist in the northern Australian waters. Australian snubfin (Orcaella heinsohni) and humpback (Sousa sahulensis) dolphins live in sympatry throughou…

Researchers found that turnips, radishes and lettuce flourished in simulated Martian soil treated with alfalfa.

The crater dates to around 66 million years ago, but may or may not have been related to the dino-killing impact.

Imagine you go to a theme park with your family and you ask a park employee to take a group photo. A celebrity walks by in the background and waves at the camera, stealing the focus of the photo. Surprisingly, this concept of "photobombing" is relevant to ast…

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has imaged the result of a spectacular cosmic collision -- the galaxy NGC 7727. This giant was born from the merger of two galaxies, an event that started around a billion years ago. At its center lies the closest pair of supe…

The robotic freighter is scheduled to depart the ISS around 11:05 a.m. ET.

NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a...

The cosmonauts were a little over two hours into their spacewalk when a voltage fluctuation was detected.

Also referred to as the "Ecosphere," the biosphere is a relatively thin zone of the Earth's surface that supports life.

<p>Bioprinting technology has grown along with stem cell research and has become a vital tool with diverse applications in the biological and medical fields.</p>

Faster computers, tap-proof communication, better car sensors—quantum technologies have the potential to revolutionize our lives just as the invention of computers or the internet once did. Experts worldwide are trying to implement findings from basic researc…

New research suggests that a giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could devour a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites

Pluto is a dwarf planet orbited by a total of five known moons, four of which are too small to become spherical. The largest moon of Pluto is Charon.

The harder you hit something—a ball, a walnut, a geode—the more likely it is to break open. Or, if it does not break open, it's more likely to at least lose a little bit of its structural integrity, the way new baseball gloves do when players pummel them to m…