A small peptide peps up almond defense against devastating bacteria

Over the last decade, the lush olive groves one associates with the Italian countryside have become…

PIA25559: The Tale of a Retreating Scarp

           Target: Mars Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument:  HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona …

PIA25558: In the Wake of Ancient Lava Flows

           Target: Mars Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument:  HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona …

PIA25557: A Crater in Scalloped Terrain

           Target: Mars Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument:  HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona …

PIA25556: Slipping and Sliding in Echus Chaos

           Target: Mars Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument:  HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona …

Fossil bird's skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight

Jeholornis was a raven-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of…

Fossil bird's skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight

Piecing together the crushed skull of a fossil bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs helped researchers…

Study looks inside the brain during sleep to show how memory is stored

A new study looks deep inside the brain, where previous learning was reactivated during sleep, resulting…

A new approach, not currently described by the Clean Air Act, could eliminate air pollution disparities

Researchers wanted to know if the Clean Air Act is capable of reducing air pollution disparities…

Young child's brain, not age, determines nap transitions, research suggests

Why do some 4- and 5-year-olds still nap like clockwork every afternoon, while other preschoolers start…