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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to transform astronomers' understanding of the chemistry of newly formed stars, with an analysis by RIKEN researchers of early results showing that it can detect complex organic molecules in the clouds of g...

Research in languages other than English is critically important for biodiversity conservation and is shockingly under-utilized globally, according to an international research team....

New research out of the University of Saskatchewan (USask)'s Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) is calling on hydrological researchers to reconceptualize the Earth's water cycle....

Rho GTPases have a crucial role in the orchestration of cell movements. Cells use Rho GTPases to coordinate cytoskeletal reorganization in dynamically changing environments. Among these RhoGTPases, Cdc42 and Rac1 promote cytoskeletal formation, whereas Rh...

Evolutionary biologists aim to form fundamental connections between microevolutionary processes and macroevolutionary patterns based on comparative datasets of population-level variation. In a new report on Science Advances, Daniel R. Rhoda and a team of ...

A trio of evolutionary biologists, two with Carleton University, the other with Seoul National University, has apparently solved the paradox of aposematism—how animals managed to evolve with bright colors to warn predators of their toxic nature. In ...

Researchers from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and the University of Notre Dame, working with machine learning, have devised a method to identify organic compounds based on the refractive index at a single optical wavelength. The technique could ha...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently imaged the moon's Malapert Massif, a potential touchdown locale for NASA's Artemis 3 astronaut mission....

Experiments hint that in the future, we might be able to grow the staple food in the soils of the Red Planet....

One iconic feature of the batsuit that makes Batman easily recognizable may soon give the Dark Knight's go-to sonar technology a real-world upgrade—bat-like ears. Only, these ears would not just look like a bat's, but would act like them, to...

These stowaways can do a lot of damage. Brett L./ Flickr , CC BY-SA With spring settling in across the U.S. and days lengthening, many people are ready to spend more time outside. But after a walk outdoors, have you ever found seeds clinging to your cloth...

A material called red matter, after the colour change it undergoes when subjected to pressure, was hailed as a potential room temperature superconductor, but now other researchers are finding they can't replicate the results...

A key aim of Pieter Roelfsema's research is to develop a device to restore rudimentary eyesight to people whose optic nerve has died....

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks....

In a vote of confidence for a troubled launch vehicle, Arianespace won a contract from the Italian government for up to three Vega C launches of an Earth observation constellation. The post Arianespace wins Vega contract for Italian imaging satellite cons...

Most of the contracts loaning giant pandas to US zoos are expiring without extensions some say this could be a reflection of rising tensions between the US and China, though others suggest it may be coincidence...

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the moon and send another into orbit to provide communications with the lunar far side....

China added its initially civilian Gaofen Earth observation series Friday with the launch of the classified optical geostationary Gaofen-13 (02) satellite. The post China launches second classified Gaofen-13 remote sensing satellite appeared first on Spac...

New demonstration of unusual phenomenon could help improve wireless communication The post Physicists perform first-ever measurement of 'time reflection' in microwaves appeared first on Physics World ....

From underwater wonders to spectacular landscapes, here are the winners from the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards....

New analysis tallies more than 100 labs studying deadly human and animal viruses...

It was thought that Japan was home to only one species of Spiranthes orchid, but researchers have now found another...

An analysis of oceanic rocks hinted that ocean water drains into Earth's mantle. How much makes it back into the ocean remains unclear....

Nicole Bell is a dark-matter physicist and the new president of the Australian Institute of Physics The post Ask me anything: Nicole Bell 'Collaboration is the norm: we achieve more when we work together' appeared first on Physics World ....

Compact but full of optical precision, these compact Occer binoculars offer fantastic clarity and performance for their diminutive size and price....

SpaceX plans to launch two Falcon 9 rockets less than five hours apart on Friday (March 17), and you can watch the back-to-back action live....

Cyclic peptides often exhibit low membrane permeability that can be significantly improved via amide-to-ester substitutions, as demonstrated by researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). The utilization of substitutions shown in a new st...

The burgeoning field of "digital bioacoustics" is helping us understand animals like never before....

The burgeoning field of "digital bioacoustics" is helping us understand animals like never before....

High-precision X-ray crystallography measurements examine how a photopharmacological drug binds to and releases from protein molecules The post Molecular photoswitch could help create better anti-cancer drugs appeared first on Physics World ....

Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says....

Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster....

Bacteria are literally everywhere—in oceans, in soils, in extreme environments like hot springs, and even alongside and inside other organisms including humans. They're nearly invisible, yet they play a big role in almost every facet of life on ...

Just 44 years ago, red goshawks were found along Australia's eastern coastline. But the copper-feathered predators are now missing from 34 per cent of their former range...

NOAA / AP On February 4, a storm off the north-west coast of Australia was named Cyclone Freddy. It rapidly strengthened and headed west across the Indian Ocean, eventually causing devastation in eastern Africa. Hundreds of people died, tens of thousands ...

A new report on rural homelessness reveals low funding has left rough sleepers relying on goodwill....

An international research team produced the first large-scale analysis of more than 400 newly sequenced and existing Omnitrophota genomes, uncovering new details about their biology and behavior....

A research team has developed a crocodile-skin-inspired omnidirectionally stretchable pressure sensor....

Creating rocky planets is a messy, dangerous, hot business. Planetesimals accrete together, which creates heat and pressure on the newborn world. The nearby adolescent star bombards them with intense radiation. That likely "bakes off" any surface ...

The central black hole of Messier 87, a massive galaxy in the Virgo cluster. Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/ESO , CC BY In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration produced the first-ever image of a black hole , stunning the world. Now...

Rocket Lab launched its second Electron rocket from Virginia March 16, placing two Capella Space radar imaging satellites into orbit. The post Electron launches two Capella Space radar satellites appeared first on SpaceNews ....

NASA has approved plans by Axiom Space to fly a third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station as soon as November, although with no details yet about who will go on the flight. The post NASA selects Axiom Space for third private astro...

Companies in the satcom industry are trying to support DoD's vision of a seamless military-commercial architecture. The post DoD seeking seamless military-commercial satellite communications appeared first on SpaceNews ....

A positive spin on our past can help inure us against pain. The post The Lasting Power of Good Memories appeared first on Nautilus ....

Remnants of a modern glacier have been found near Mars' equator, which could have significant implications for future human exploration on the Red Planet....

Interest in the exploration of Venus has kicked up a notch lately, especially after a contested recent discovery of phosphine, a potential biosignature, in the planet's atmosphere. Plenty of missions to Venus have been proposed, and NASA and ESA have ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2023 EY will pass within 149,000 miles of Earth tonight (March 16), and you can watch it live thanks to a free telescope livestream....

New UC Riverside research makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm can be shut down, preventing them from swimming to or fertilizing eggs....

A new approach that delivers a "one-two punch" to help T cells attack solid tumors is the focus of a preclinical study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published in the Proceeding...

An artificial pancreas originally developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology improves blood sugar control in children ages 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. Details of the clinical study and its findings we...