From Liftoff to Landing, NASA Ames Works to Support Commercial Crew

Engineers and scientists at NASA know about getting humans to space and home again safely. …

Child's tooth could offer clues to ancient human relative

A child’s tooth at least 130,000 years old found in a Laos cave could help scientists…

New protein structures to aid rational drug design

In a major advance for rational drug design, a Texas A&M AgriLife team has described several…

Team develops automated platform for plasmid production

Plasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used…

NASA's InSight still hunting marsquakes as power levels diminish

Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a…

Automated platform for plasmid production

Researchers have developed PlasmidMaker, a versatile automated platform for plasmid design & construction. These circular DNA…

Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer

A theoretical framework shows how to increase the odds of identifying cancer-causing mutations before tumors take…

New protein structures to aid rational drug design

In a major advance for rational drug design, chemists have described several protein structures of a…

Image: Hubble reveals a river of star formation

This newly revised NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hickson Compact Group 31 (HCG 31)…

Spectacular ceiling frescoes discovered in the Temple of Khnum at Esna

In the Temple of Khnum at Esna, Upper Egypt, German and Egyptian researchers have uncovered a…