Much of East Antarctica remained frozen during past 8 million years

Three major ice sheets are being closely watched by scientists as global temperatures increase, glaciers melt…

How to save Antarctica (and the rest of Earth too)

Decisions made in the next decade will determine whether Antarctica suffers dramatic changes that contribute to…

Coral reefs losing ability to keep pace with sea-level rise

Many coral reefs will be unable to keep growing fast enough to keep up with rising…

Cryo-EM reveals interaction between major drug targets

For the first time, scientists have visualized the interaction between two critical components of the body's…

Genealogies of Mayflower passengers helps find descendants

A months-long effort to digitize the authenticated genealogies of Mayflower passengers has been completed, making it…

Ramp-Up in Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Sea Level Rise

Ice losses from Antarctica have tripled since 2012, increasing global sea levels by 0.12 inch (3…

Researchers develop stress test to predict how diatoms will react to ocean acidification

Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have shown that diatoms can withstand population collapse…

50th SW Airmen to race for AFSPC

Two Schriever Airmen will compete in the 2018 United States Air Force marathon Sept. 15 at…

For 100 million years, amber freezes a tableau of Burmese bugs’ life-and-death struggle

One day in Myanmar during the Cretaceous period, a tick managed to ensnare itself in a…

Big data identifies lipids as signatures of health and disease

Biology is swaddled in lipids: fats, oils, and even waxes envelop cells and their organelles, mediate…