City apartments or jungle huts: What chemicals and microbes lurk inside?

Researchers found city homes to be rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi that love…

Dynamics of silk proteins are key to outstanding stability of spider silk as biomaterial

Scientists have discovered that methionine is highly abundant in some spider silk proteins. Click…

From cone snail venom to pain relief

Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture…

NASA probe provides insight on solar system's border with interstellar space

The journey of NASA’s dauntless Voyager 2 spacecraft through our solar system’s farthest reaches has given…

Maxar Technologies Announces Launch of $1.250 Billion Senior Secured Notes Offering

Maxar Technologies today announced the commencement of a private offering of $1.250 billion aggregate principal amount…

Asteroid 2019 VR flew past Earth at 0.35 LD, just 35 minutes after 2019 VD

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 VR flew past Earth at 0.35 LD / 0.00091 AU…

New type of storm discovered on Saturn's surface

A new type of storm was discovered on Saturn’s surface. The researchers analyzed hundreds of snapshots…

Asteroid Hygiea the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system

Hygiea, previously classified as an asteroid, may actually be the smallest dwarf planet in the solar…

Breakthrough Prize Foundation Announces Student Winner of Fifth Annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge

BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES STUDENT WINNER OF FIFTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE Click here…

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 3 November 2019

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 3 November 2019 Click here for…