PIA23386: Jezero Crater Delta

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

New study shows impact of largescale tree death on carbon storage

Largescale ‘disturbances’, including fires, harvesting, windstorms and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are…

Arctic sea-ice loss has 'minimal influence' on severe cold winter weather, research shows

The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change has only a “minimal influence” on…

Study gauges trees' potential to slow global warming in the future

Like the eponymous character in Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s tale, trees are generous with their gifts,…

Glitch in neutron star reveals its hidden secrets

Neutron stars are not only the most dense objects in the Universe, but they rotate very…

Perception biases in social networks

The result of the 2016 US presidential election was, for many, a surprise lesson in social…

Bacteria made to mimic cells, form communities

Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in…

Supercapacitors turbocharged by laxatives

An international team of scientists, including a professor of chemistry from the University of Bristol, has…

Icebergs delay Southern Hemisphere future warming

New research, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, has found that Antarctic icebergs can…

Thinnest optical waveguide channels light within just three layers of atoms

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the thinnest optical device in the…