China just tested a spacecraft that could fly to the moon and beyond

China just tested its biggest rocket yet, along with a new capsule designed to carry humans…

PIA23902: Terra Cimmeria Channel

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

A drug proves effective in the treatment of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion in animals

Ischemia is a disease that occurs when tissue stops receiving the vascular supply it needs. Though…

Yellow-legged gull adapts its annual lifecycle to human activities to get food

The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human activities and benefit from these…

Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging

Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound…

Bluetooth-enabled device detects fermentation process over days

Electrochemical reactions that occur in processes like ethanolic fermentation include the transformation of sugars into alcohol…

Plants pass on 'memory' of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient

By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of “stress memory” in…

Scientists observe bacteria tumble their way out of surface traps

While tracing the movement of Escherichia coli, a team of French researchers noticed that near solid…

Broadband enhancement relies on precise tilt

Quantum photonics involves a new type of technology that relies on photons, the elementary particle of…

Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels…