World Space Week Canadian Reception Celebrates Space Foundation Art Contest

World Space Week Canadian Reception Celebrates Space Foundation Art Contest Click here for original…

For gene-edited livestock, regulation is in its infancy

Genetically modified salmon are, in principle, the only animal in the world with artificially altered DNA…

Gene-edited livestock carry huge promise but major pitfalls

If American researchers have successfully employed new gene-editing techniques to develop hornless dairy cattle and piglets…

S.Sudan warns of more oil spills after pipeline rupture

South Sudan’s petroleum ministry warned Monday of more oil spills from poorly maintained facilities, after a…

Was Venus once warm and wet? New study of lava flow suggests not

A new study of the Ovda Fluctus lava flow on Venus indicates that it is made…

PIA23485: Olympia Undae

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

Physicists unlock the mystery of thermionic emissions in graphene

When a metal is heated to a sufficiently high temperature, electrons can be ejected out from…

New shine for Sunrise's telescope

The Sunrise mission is an adventure: Carried by a giant helium balloon, the unmanned observatory peers…

A new mathematical approach to understanding zeolites

Zeolites are a class of natural or manufactured minerals with a sponge-like structure, riddled with tiny…

Rare 'Lazarus superconductivity' observed in promising, rediscovered material

Researchers from the University of Maryland, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National…