The most accurate distance measurement yet of ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) NGC1052-DF2 (DF2) confirms beyond any shadow…
Predicting the spread of invasive carp using river water flows
For more than two decades, Duane Chapman, a fish biologist with the United States Geological Survey…
Mystery of Galaxy's Missing Dark Matter Deepens
When astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered an oddball galaxy that looked like it didn’t…
NASA-DLR Study Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Can Reduce Contrails
Cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50%-70% fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising…
Smelling in stereo: The real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago,…
Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?
As an associate teaching professor who teaches a very large human sexuality class at the University…
New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature
Researchers from University of Copenhagen have developed a new technique that keeps quantum bits of light…
Hired blade: Anchoring complex in plant cells recruits its own sword
The katana, a Japanese sword, may be thought of solely as a weapon used by the…
Metabotropic glutamate receptor structures reveal potential drug target for neurological diseases
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlus), which belong to class C G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family, play key roles…
Fluorescent 'microtags' help track individual cells
Researchers from Skoltech and Saratov State University have designed a simple and easily reproducible labeling system…