Old mold: Fossil of world's earliest fungus unearthed in Canada

Microfossils of a globular spore connected to a T-shaped filament excavated in an Arctic region of…

NASA Wants To Send Your Name To Mars In 2020

NASA wants you to go to Mars…at least, they want your name to go. As part…

Galaxies as 'cosmic cauldrons'

Star formation within interstellar clouds of gas and dust, so-called molecular clouds, proceeds very rapidly yet…

Big energy savings for tiny machines

Physicists demonstrate for the first time a strategy for manipulating the trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines…

Scientists discover novel genes responsible for regulating muscle cells

Scientists have uncovered a unique set of genes that play a role in muscle cellular gene…

Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels

Chemists have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By…

Soft, social robot brings coziness to homes, and classrooms

A new social robot that can be customized with handcrafted material, such as wood and wool,…

Strange Martian mineral deposit likely sourced from volcanic explosions

In a finding that is soon to be ground-truthed by NASA’s next Mars rover, researchers show…

Detecting bacteria in space

A new genomic approach provides a glimpse into the diverse bacterial ecosystem on the International Space…

Unlike men, women's cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

Women’s performance on math and verbal tests is best at higher temperatures, while men perform best…