How bacteria control their cell cycle

Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have demonstrated how bacteria coordinate cell division…

Harnessing hot carriers for high efficiency solar cells

Two-dimensional solar materials may offer a way to extract more energy from sunlight. By tuning the…

2019 was hottest year on record for Russia

This year was the hottest ever registered in Russia, the country’s weather chief said on Monday,…

Strategies to generate larger pores in metal-organic frameworks

Due to the advantages such as large specific surface area, adjustable pore size and tunable functionality,…

NASA sees Mauritius covered by Tropical Storm Calvinia

Tropical Cyclone Calvinia formed on Dec. 29 and by the next day, its clouds from a…

NASA tracks Tropical Storm Sarai moving away from Fiji

NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean on Dec. 30 and found that Tropical…

The growing Tibetan Plateau shaped modern biodiversity

Holding particular biological resources, the Tibetan Plateau is a unique geologic-geographic-biotic interactive unit and hence plays…

Replacing one gas with another helps efficiently extract methane from permafrost

Scientists from Skoltech and Heriot-Watt University proposed extracting methane by injecting flue gas into permafrost hydrate…

PIA23626: Hale Crater – False Color

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

How do conifers survive droughts? Study points to existing roots, not new growth

As the world warms, a new study is helping scientists understand how cone-bearing trees like pines…