Tawny crazy ants' weird genetics may help them thrive in new environments

Tawny crazy ants’ pattern of genetic inheritance may have helped the South American species spread in…

Understanding cell division

Cytokinesis is the final step of the process of cell division, by which the two new…

Online violence just as destructive as offline violence

While the digital age helps facilitate spaces for women to be heard with movements and campaigns…

Astronauts Complete 2nd Phase to Repair Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Astronaut Andrew Morgan is tethered to the Starboard-3 truss segment work site during the second spacewalk…

Photometric study sheds more light on the properties of the intermediate polar V1033 Cas

Using the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory, Russian astronomers have conducted an extensive photometric study of the intermediate…

NASA’s Webb to Unveil the Secrets of Nearby Dwarf Galaxies

In two separate studies using NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers will…

ESA helps to make urban life smarter

How space can boost smart city life was highlighted at two international conferences held last week.…

How husbands perceive their wives' weight may affect later marriage satisfaction

Husbands may want to pay careful attention to the messages they send about their wives’ weight,…

Sniffing out cancer in canines—and humans, too

Matthew Breen, a professor of genomics at NC State, says his 25-year career has roots in…

Enzyme toolkit makes biotechnology globally accessible

In 2016, Lenshina Agbor was working on her master’s thesis in Cameroon, analyzing the DNA of…