RNA discoveries could improve stem cell research

A recently described variety of RNA closely associated with gene expression was found to be largely…

Plutonium research to advance stockpile safely

Conducting an experiment that combines high explosives with plutonium—a special nuclear material used in nuclear weapons—is…

The secret life of whale sharks no longer a mystery

Whale shark researchers have marked International Whale Shark Day by solving a long-standing mystery about where…

Properties of strained graphene and other strained two-dimensional atomic materials

Salvador Barazza-Lopez, associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, is part of a team…

Saturn plunge nears for Cassini spacecraft

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is 18 days from its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn. Its…

Nanoscale chip system measures light from a single bacterial cell to enable portable chemical detection

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a nanophotonic chip system using lasers and…

Adoption of robotics into a hospital’s daily operations requires broad cooperation

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland studied the implementation of a logistics robot system at the…

Astronomers reveal new insights into physical properties of the young star system ROXs 12

Astronomers have disclosed new information about the young star system ROXs 12 as a result of…

Rare metals in the Himalayas

Two sub-parallel belts of Cenozoic aged Himalayan leucogranite on the Tibetan Plateau extend east to west…

Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular level

A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on…