Space dust deploy bubble parachutes on their fiery descent, scientists discover

Bubbles acting like parachutes are deployed by some cosmic dust particles on their entry into Earth’s…

The oldest fossilized giant penguin

A recently discovered fossil of a giant penguin with a body length of around 150 centimeters…

Compounds that show potent anti-cancer activity in breast and colon tumor cell lines

Potential drugs have shown low toxicity in non-tumor cell lines, which could decrease side effects during…

Mathematics supports a new way to classify viruses based on structure

Scientists have found new evidence to support a classification system for viruses based on viral structure.

Stingless bees have their nests protected by soldiers

Although stingless bees do not have a sting to fend off enemies, they are nonetheless able…

How blood can be rejuvenated

Our blood stem cells generate around a thousand billion new blood cells every day. But the…

Warming temperatures could trigger starvation, extinctions in deep oceans

Researchers from 20 of the world's leading oceanographic research centers today warned that the world's largest…

Study targets warm water rings that fuel hurricane intensification in the Caribbean Sea

A new study deployed 55 aircraft ocean instruments from the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration's WP-3D aircraft.…

Neural networks promise sharpest ever images

Telescopes, the workhorse instruments of astronomy, are limited by the size of the mirror or lens…

Sorting out risk genes for brain development disorders

Gene discovery research is uncovering similarities and differences underlying a variety of disorders affecting the developing…