Rutgers researchers show how gene activation protein works
Rutgers University scientists have discovered the three-dimensional structure of a gene-specific transcription activation complex, providing the first structural and mechanistic desc...
John Innes Centre scientists identify protein which boosts rice yield by 50 percent
In collaboration with researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr Tony Miller from the John Innes Centre has developed rice crops with an improved ability to manage their own ...
Gene circuits in live cells can perform complex computations
But now a team of researchers at MIT has developed a technique to integrate both analogue and digital computation in living cells, allowing them to form gene circuits capable of carr...
Asteroseismologists listen to the relics of the Milky Way
Astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have captured the sounds of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, according to research published today in the Roya...
What Are Algae?
Algae are a diverse group of aquatic organisms that have the ability to conduct photosynthesis. By virtue of these characteristics, the general term algae includes prokaryotic organi...
Scientists unveil plan to create synthetic human genomes
The ambitious proposal could make it possible to grow human organs for transplant and speed up the development of vaccines, the project backers said in a paper published Thursday in ...
NIST’s super quantum simulator ‘entangles’ hundreds of ions
The new NIST system can generate quantum entanglement in about 10 times as many ions as any previous simulators based on ions, a scale-up that is crucial for practical applications. ...
New Cretaceous fossils shed light on the early evolution of ants
Ants comprise one lineage of the triumvirate of eusocial insects and experienced their early diversification within the Cretaceous. The success of ants is generally attributed to the...
NASA’s NICER mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center
An upcoming NASA astrophysics mission will uncover the physics governing the ultra-dense interiors of neutron stars. The forthcoming International Space Station (ISS) payload was tra...
LISA Pathfinder exceeds expectations
Science & Exploration LISA Pathfinder exceeds expectations 07/06/2016 20880 views 188 likes ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space...
Juno spacecraft crosses Jupiter / Sun gravitational boundary
Launched in 2011, the Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in 2016 to study the giant planet from an elliptical, polar orbit. Credit: NASA Since its launch five years ago, there h...
How El Niño impacts global temperatures
El Niño oscillations in the Pacific Ocean may have amplified global climate fluctuations for hundreds of years at a time Scientists have found past El Niño oscillations in the Pacif...
Global Renewable Energy Industry Adds 147 GW In 2015, Invests $328 Billion
The global renewable energy industry added a record 147 GW of new capacity in 2015, according to the latest annual status report from REN21. Wind increased from its total cumulative ...
Dead or Alive, Schrödinger’s Cat Can Be in 2 Boxes at Once
Not only can the quantum cat be alive and dead at the same time — but it can also be in two places at once, new research shows. Cat experiment The famous paradox was laid out by phy...
Cenozoic era: Facts about climate, animals & plants
During the Paleogene period, most of the Earth’s climate was tropical. The Neogene period saw a drastic cooling, which continued into the Pleistocene epoch of the Quaternary period. ...
Algorithm could construct first images of black holes
Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Harvard University have developed a new algorithm that could help astronomers produce the first ima...
Swirling ammonia lies below Jupiter’s thick clouds
Using radio waves, astronomers have been able to peer through Jupiter’s thick clouds, gaining insights into the gas giant’s atmosphere, a new study reports. Previous radio studies of...
Quantum satellite device tests technology for global quantum network
With a network that carries information in the quantum properties of single particles, you can create secure keys for secret messaging and potentially connect powerful quantum comput...
Primo Levi on the Spiritual Value of Science and How Space Exploration Brings Humanity Closer Together
“It’s part of the nature of man to start with romance and build to a reality,” Ray Bradbury observed in his forgotten conversation with Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke about the futu...
New radio map of Jupiter reveals what’s beneath colorful clouds
Astronomers using the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico have produced the most detailed radio map yet of the atmosphere of Jupiter, revealing the massive movemen...
NASA studies details of a greening Arctic
In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover - much of it Arctic tundra - is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems. With Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 data, Ma...
NASA’s Hubble finds universe is expanding faster than expected
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected. This surprising finding may be an importan...
Narrated tour of the International Space Station
This 16-minute narrated tour of the International Space Station shows all the modules of humankind’s weightless laboratory orbiting Earth 400 km above. The video is available in Engl...
At the cradle of oxygen: Brand-new detector to reveal the interiors of stars
A demonstrator version of the detector, constructed at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (FUW), has recently completed the first round of tests in Romania. During the firs...
Europe’s SpaceDataHighway relays first Sentinel-1 images via laser
Applications Europe’s SpaceDataHighway relays first Sentinel-1 images via laser 01/06/2016 11568 views 134 likes ESA today unveiled the first Sentinel-1 satellite images sent via th...