NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection beyond our world of an internal…
Researchers demonstrate double-lock protection mechanism in crucial cellular switches
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have used CRISPR technology to probe the mechanisms that guide the…
The return of the wolves
The current return of wolves to human-dominated landscapes poses a major challenge for the protection of…
High-tech Estonia votes online for European Parliament
Estonia was crippled by cyberattacks on government networks during a dispute with Russia in 2007. Today…
Big City Life Awaits Drones in Final Year of NASA Research
The city landscape holds unique challenges for flying drones, and NASA is taking these on in…
Fiber-based imaging spectrometer captures record amounts of data
Researchers have developed a new compact, fiber-based imaging spectrometer for remote sensing that can capture 30,000…
New measurement device: Carbon dioxide as geothermometer
For the first time, it is now possible to measure, simultaneously and with extreme precision, four…
Zebrafish help researchers explore alternatives to bone marrow donation
Blood diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma are currently treated with bone marrow transplants—a transfer of…
Synthetic biologists hack bacterial sensors
Rice University synthetic biologists have hacked bacterial sensing with a plug-and-play system that could be used…
Size is everything, ecologist finds
Natural ecosystems are as vulnerable as they are diverse. Environmental changes such as climate change, pollution…