Nature has more than one way to make methane

Biochemists report a bacterial, iron-only nitrogenase pathway for methane formation.

AO-73 / FUNcube-1 Illumination – Update January 15, 2018

The time when AO-73 enters continuous sunlight, for the first time, is fast approaching. Current estimates…

ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/15/2018

Vascular Echo: With ground team assistance, a 53S crewmember performed a Vascular Echo protocol, which included…

500 years later, scientists finger germ behind Mexican ‘pestilence’

In 1545, disaster struck Mexico's Aztec nation when people started coming down with high fevers and…

Possible cause of early colonial-era Mexican epidemic identified

An international team, led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human…

Gyroscopes lead scientists to unusual state of matter in a disorganized structure

You don't have to be perfectly organized to pull off a wave, according to University of…

Gyroscopes lead scientists to unusual state of matter in a disorganized structure

You don't have to be perfectly organized to pull off a wave, according to University of…

Nature has more than one way to make methane, say biochemists

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, trapping more solar radiation on Earth than carbon dioxide. It's…

Nature has more than one way to make methane, say biochemists

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, trapping more solar radiation on Earth than carbon dioxide. It's…

Researchers program biomaterials with ‘logic gates’ that release therapeutics in response to environmental triggers

Drug treatments can save lives, but sometimes they also carry unintended costs. After all, the same…