LAMOST first data release provides fundamental parameters of nearly 30,000 M dwarfs

Based on the first data release (DR1) from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope…

How cells relieve DNA replication stress

Scientists revealed that ATAD5 actively deals with replication stress, in addition to its known function to…

Empowering the communities most vulnerable to disaster

In her prior life, Jaishree Beedasy was teaching chemical engineering courses. Then she decided to pursue…

Expanding virophage diversity

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses.…

Scientists create a 'crystal within a crystal' for new electronic devices

Liquid crystals have enabled new technologies, like LCD screens, through their ability to reflect certain color…

First multi-spot group of Solar Cycle 25 – Active Region 2753 numbered on December 24, 2019

After 40 days with no sunspots on the Earth-facing side of the Sun, a new sunspot…

The citizen scientists who helped map Bennu

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, it discovered more rocks and boulders…

Researchers make new discoveries set to reveal the geology of planets outside our solar system

Three OU astronomers today announced groundbreaking discoveries allowing scientists to understand planets outside the solar system.…

Large-area and flexible near-infrared light-emitting diodes

Infrared LEDs are useful for optical communications and covert illumination, and are commonly found in remote…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft cleared for final assembly

NASA’s first large scale, piloted X-plane in more than three decades is cleared for final assembly…