Global data resource shows genetic diversity of chickens

A total of 174 chicken breeds are described in a publicly accessible database which scientists from…

Stochastic model to explain microbiome composition

All living things — from the simplest animal and plant organisms to the human body —…

Plants' oil-production accelerator also activates the brakes

Scientists studying plant biochemistry recently made a surprising discovery: They found that a protein that turns…

Robot traps ball without coding

Dr. Kee-hoon Kim’s team at the Center for Intelligent & Interactive Robotics of the Korea Institute…

SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine

The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 satellite, which uses sails to harness the energy of sunlight, is planned…

Following the ocean's flow

The dramatic sight of Atlantic waves crashing onto UK shores from the vast, surging ocean illustrates…

Disrupting one gene could be first step toward treating honey bee parasite nosema ceranae

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have taken the first step towards a weapon against the major…

Connecting the dots: nitrogen dioxide over Siberian pipelines

New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal emissions of nitrogen dioxide along…

Record efficiency for a gas engine

At the end of May, the final meeting of the “Horizon 2020” project “GasOn” with the…

RockOn! and RockSat-C: Launching Student Experiments to Space

At 5:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 20, 2019, a 40-foot tall rocket carrying 28 student experiments…