Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers' search

A senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other…

Closest-ever approach to the sun gives new insights into the solar wind

The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the sun than any mission before,…

A week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing in adult mice

New research reveals how a week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing…

Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields

The initial results from an ambitious mission to get a spacecraft close to the Sun are…

North America's bird shrinkage documented, with a crash and a splat

Since 1978, researchers have scooped up and measured tens of thousands of birds that died after…

A common drug could help restore limb function after spinal cord injury

Long-term treatment with gabapentin, a commonly prescribed drug for nerve pain, could help restore upper limb…

Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

Coal use is down dramatically in the United States and the European Union, and renewable energy…

Diabetes drug has unexpected, broad implications for healthy aging

Metformin is the most commonly prescribed type 2 diabetes drug, yet scientists still do not fully…

Meteorite-loving microorganism

The archaeon Metallosphaera sedula can uptake and process extraterrestrial material. This is shown by an international…

Properties of graphene change due to water and oxygen

A research team investigated the oxidation-reduction principle of two-dimensional materials by interfacial diffusion. Click…