It could be the world's tiniest EEG electrode cap, created to measure activity in a brain model the size of a pen dot. Its designers expect the device to lead to better understanding of neural disorders and how potentially dangerous chemicals affect the brain…

Lungs are essential to many vertebrates including humans. However, four living amphibian clades have independently eliminated pulmonary respiration and lack lun

Dispersion paints are mostly used in households for painting walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has now analyzed the chemical composition of two typical dispersion paints and discovered a large number of sol…

NASA's giant new SLS rocket arrived at its launchpad Wednesday in Cape Canaveral ahead of a planned flight to the Moon in less than two weeks.

A new article assesses the impact of hydraulic fracturing on seismic hazards like micro-earthquakes, an important issue for the safety of workers and the continuation of mining operations.

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Researchers have developed a label-free and non-invasive Raman spectroscopy approach that can acquire microscopic images of biological samples and identify a wide range of biomolecules with unprecedented speed and sensitivity. The new technique is based on co…

This Sky-Watcher mini Dobsonian telescope is an excellent starter scope and you can now save 20% when you get it from Wex Photo Video.

It may sound like a scene straight out of a wild sci-fi movie but a Harvard teacher-student duo is serious about the potential of the project, which they claim is cheaper than sending a spacecraft outside Earth to catch an interstellar object.

A Russian cosmonaut was repeatedly ordered to drop what he was working on and return to the International Space Station's airlock because of an issue with his spacesuit. The spacewalk was cut short.

Snailfish off the coast of Greenland have evolved a clever trick to live in icy water.

The deep sea is filled with creatures adapted to intense environments, and new research describes how biofluorescent snailfish near Greenland...

Superconductors are the key to lossless current flow. However, the realization of superconducting diodes has only recently become an important topic of fundamental research. An international research team of theoretical physicists has now succeeded in reachin…

Embryonic tissue samples also indicate when during pregnancy the pelvis takes shape

Is this the companion to an asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago wiping out the dinosaurs?

The soil and water of Mars are normally too harsh for crops, but research led by a then-high school sophomore finds that alfalfa plants and photosynthetic bacteria might help make Martian soil and wat

Mutations in CTNS, the lysosomal cystine-proton symporter, cause cystinosis. Here authors report crystal structures of CTNS from Arabidopsis thaliana in complex with cystine, and establish the mode of ligand recognition and mechanism for proton-coupled cystin…

Iowa State University researchers found alfalfa grows well in a volcanic soil that mimics Martian regolith, and could be turned into fertiliser to help grow turnips, radishes and lettuce.

Lungs are essential to many vertebrates including humans. However, four living amphibian clades have independently eliminated pulmonary respiration and lack lungs, breathing primarily through their wet skin. Little is known of the developmental basis of lung …

Once considered an inert tissue, fat – or adipose tissue – is now known to play an active role in the body's critical functions by secreting hormones that regulate hunger and body temperature.

You can save over $38 on a 1:200 scale model of the actual rocket that stands nearly two feet tall.

Understanding liquid droplet behavior has major implications in coating industry, agriculture, and epidemiology, among others. Although well-studied and extensively researched, the mechanism of droplet splashing after impingement still remains unclear. Now, s…

It is common for young animals, in particular mammals, to play. Researchers have for the first time mapped the development of play in young chickens. The results show that the young chickens spend lots of time playing in different ways -- just like puppies an…

Researchers have developed a novel value chain for production of textile and bio-fuel from fast-growing poplars. By applying sustainable catalysis on these poplars grown on marginal land in Nordic climates, the demand for cotton can be reduced.

Using a mouse model, researchers from Japan uncover the key role of neutrophil extracellular traps in the contact hypersensitivity response.