Researchers develop viable, environmentally-friendly alternative to Styrofoam

Washington State University researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for the first time works…

Maritime microsatellite ESAIL to test the waters as launch contract is signed

The first commercial microsatellite developed under ESA’s SAT‐AIS programme for tracking ships, called ESAIL, has passed…

Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill

Researchers have used machine-learning algorithms to discover a secondary mechanism that helps some antibiotics kill bacteria.…

Fish biology: How the cytoplasm separates from the yolk

The segregation of yolk from the surrounding cytoplasm in the very early fish embryo is a…

Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS

Researchers have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and vulnerability…

Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials

Creating two-dimentional materials large enough to use in electronics is a challenge despite huge effort but…

PIA23200: Herschel Crater – False Color

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

Living Planet live

As thousands of scientists gather in Italy for the biggest Earth observation conference in the world,…

Grading conservation: Which reserves defend forests?

Lands that shelter forests have value often readily tallied by developers, but until now it’s been…

Athletes with sickle cell traits are at more risk to collapse: here's why

A genetic variation known to affect sickle cell disease might be the reason why some college…