The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed and…
What is NASA’s Mars Climate Modeling Center?
With its studies of Mars’ climate, past and present, the Mars Climate Modeling Center assists NASA…
How LISA Pathfinder Detected Dozens of ‘Comet Crumbs’
A team of NASA scientists leveraged LISA Pathfinder’s record-setting sensitivity (designed to ripples in space-time produced…
Structure of a mitochondrial ATP synthase
ATP synthase is a universal molecular machine for energy conversion. By coupling to cellular respiration in…
Geologist blasts society's links with oil firms
A leading London scientist quits the Geological Society over its ties with fossil fuel companies. …
Antibiotics from the sea
The team led by Prof. Christian Jogler of Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, has succeeded in cultivating…
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance…
How gene expression noise shapes cell fate
Essential genes are often expressed with high variability during the development of cells. Scientists call this…
Army project may lead to new class of high-performance materials
Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to…
Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa
With economies and populations surging, an industrial revolution is inevitable on the African continent. The question…