Webb snaps highly detailed infrared image of actively forming stars

Young stars are rambunctious! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the ‘antics’ of a pair…

A simpler method for learning to control a robot

A new machine-learning technique can efficiently learn to control a robot, leading to better performance with…

Ancient DNA reveals diverse community in 'Lost City of the Incas'

DNA analysis of 34 individuals buried at Machu Picchu revealed that many traveled alone from throughout…

New planetary formation findings

Astronomers have discovered new evidence of how planets as massive as Jupiter can form. …

Astronomers reveal new features of galactic black holes

An international team of scientists, including astrophysicists, report on a dedicated observational campaign on the Galactic…

Unraveling a protein that may inspire a new biotechnology tool

Scientists have unraveled the step-by-step activation process of a protein with a deep evolutionary history in…

Earlier and earlier high-Arctic spring replaced by 'extreme year-to-year variation'

About 15 years ago, researchers reported that the timing of spring in high-Arctic Greenland had advanced…

Family trees from the European Neolithic

The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy ‘les Noisats’ in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family trees…

New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was armored

Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of the…

Automated analysis of microplastic concentrations

How high are concentrations of microplastics in the environment, in our drinking water or in foods?…