NASA Selects Two Proposals to Support Health and Performance in Astronauts on Missions to the Moon and Mars

NASA Selects Two Proposals to Support Health and Performance in Astronauts on Missions to the Moon…

Organic crop practices affect long-term soil health

Prior organic farming practices and plantings can have lasting outcomes for future soil health, weeds and…

Nightside barrier gently brakes 'bursty' plasma bubbles

Space plasma physicists develop algorithms to measure the buoyancy waves that appear in thin filaments of…

From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets

Scientists have developed a technique for the reversible conversion of 3D lipid vesicles into 2D ultra-thin…

Understanding the adolescent brain

New research from neuroscientists shows that the brains of adolescents struggling with mental-health issues may be…

Berlin's bright sky isn't a bat's thing

People can hardly imagine a city without night-time street lighting. But how do nocturnal animals such…

Bark beetles control pathogenic fungi

Pathogens can drive the evolution of social behavior in insects. Click here for original…

Chronobiology: 'We'll be in later'

Students attending a high school in Germany can decide whether to begin the schoolday at the…

Improvements in vaccines against meningitis

New research could lead to an improved vaccine to protect against the bacterium, Neisseria meningitides that…

Neurons responsible for rapid eye movements/REM during sleep

Why do we move our eyes fast in the paradoxical sleep — in that sleep phase,…