NASA to Air Third Spacewalk to Install New Station Solar Arrays

NASA to Air Third Spacewalk to Install New Station Solar Arrays Click here for…

Dirty laundry in space? NASA, Tide tackle cleaning challenge

How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t. Click here for original story,…

Moscow battered by historic June heat wave

Moscow has been hit by a historic heat wave this week, with temperatures reaching a 120-year…

'Finding the truth': A biologist's quest for scientific integrity

Since she stumbled upon her own work published under someone else’s name, Elisabeth Bik has scanned…

Australia hits out at threatened UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

Australia said Tuesday it will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef…

PIA24707: Sirenum Fossae – False Color

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Choosy female fruit flies reproduce anyway

Choosiness will lead to the best offspring. Being too choosy, however, could in the end result…

Growing food with air and solar power: More efficient than planting crops

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, the University of…

Subduction initiation may depend on a tectonic plate's history

Subduction zones are cornerstone components of plate tectonics, with one plate sliding beneath another back into…

Researchers prepare radiation resistance of Er-doped silica glass and optical fiber

Rare earth-doped active fibers are crucial in space-based applications, such as space laser communication, laser radar,…