EPA refuses to give Congress documents on rejection of NASA flight after Hurricane Harvey

Congressional Democrats are chiding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for thwarting a House committee’s investigation into…

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes

Using cutting-edge electron microscopy, researchers from Aarhus University have determined the first structures of a lipid-flippase.…

Protein scissors for cellular transport

In many ways, a cell is like a city. Proteins or people do daily work to…

NASA's TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and…

Growing embryonic tissues on a chip

It’s no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical…

Rich defects boosting the oxygen evolution reaction

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with sluggish reaction kinetics and large over-potential is the severe reaction…

How to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide

New research shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the…

New basic understanding of how lung cancer spreads: antioxidants implicated

Lung cancer cells use antioxidants, endogenous or dietary, to spread in the body by activating a…

Goat milk formula could benefit infant gut health

Research suggests goat milk infant formula has similar prebiotic properties to breast milk and could play…

Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired

Researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilizing music to support the development of spoken…