First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of Life

An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites, supporting the hypothesis that meteorite…

NASA Space Biology Step-1 Proposals Due: December 02, 2019 [NNH18ZTT001N-FG2]

Click here for original story, NASA Space Biology Step-1 Proposals Due: December 02,…

Researchers clear the path for 'designer' plants

A team of researchers has found a way to identify gene regulatory elements that could help…

Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

New research finds that if Africa chooses a future powered by fossil fuels, nearly 50,000 people…

Synthetic biologists developing a new class of high-performance materials

Synthetic biologists have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic polymers…

Kick-starting Moore's Law? New 'synthetic' method for making microchips could help

Researchers have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting crystals that could one day enable…

Money spent on beer ads linked to underage drinking

Advertising budgets and strategies used by beer companies appear to influence underage drinking, according to new…

The Measurements Of The Expansion Of The Universe Don’t Add Up

Physicists use two types of measurements to calculate the expansion rate of the universe, but their…

What is NASA’s Mars Climate Modeling Center?

With its studies of Mars’ climate, past and present, the Mars Climate Modeling Center assists NASA…

How LISA Pathfinder Detected Dozens of ‘Comet Crumbs’

A team of NASA scientists leveraged LISA Pathfinder’s record-setting sensitivity (designed to ripples in space-time produced…