Tiny nanopackages built out of DNA help scientists peek at how neurons work

A team of scientists from the University of Chicago designed a way to use microscopic capsules…

Advanced In-Space Propulsion Technologies for Exploring the Solar System and Beyond

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Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition

Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on…

The world protests as Amazon forests are opened to mining

The Amazon, often described as the "lungs of the Earth", is the largest rainforest in the…

Lucy: Navigating a Jupiter Trojan Tour

Abstract: In January 2017, NASA selected the Lucy mission to explore six Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These…

NASA’s next Mars mission to investigate interior of Red Planet

Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for…

Strength of global stratospheric circulation measured for first time

When commercial airplanes break through the clouds to reach cruising altitude, they have typically arrived in…

Aerodynamic Design of Integrated Propulsion-Airframe Configuration of the Hybrid Wing-Body Aircraft

Abstract: Hybrid Wing Body (HWB) aircraft is characterized by a flattened and airfoil-shaped body, which produces…

Nanoparticle emissions rise 30 percent when flex-fuel cars switch from bio to fossil

When ethanol prices at the pump rise for whatever reason, it becomes economically advantageous for drivers…

Grid-based continual analysis of molecular interior for drug discovery, QSAR and QSPR

A series of grid-based computational technologies for in silico virtual screening and molecular design of new…