According to new research, published in the journal Geology, processes not involved in controlling sand movement on Earth play major roles on the Red Planet,...
A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by a team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester and elsewhere.
Archaeologist Adam...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of an elliptical galaxy called Messier 59.
This Hubble image shows the elliptical...
In a study involving 1,000 patients from 18 countries, an international team of researchers found evidence that a technique called active nerve cell cluster...
An international team of scientists has found a wealth of well-preserved stony meteorites in the Atacama Desert that allowed them to reconstruct the rate...
A multidisciplinary team of scientists has successfully isolated several yeast strains from ancient vessels excavated at archaeological sites in Israel....
A team of physicists at the University of Basel has experimentally mapped out the shape and orientation of electrons trapped in quantum dots.
An electron...
According to new research, levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), non-HDL and total cholesterol in U.S. youths have improved from 1999 to 2016, but...
In the lab, scientists have pinpointed a specific wavelength of infrared light absorbed when molecules of carbon monoxide and nitrogen join together and...
An international team of paleontologists has discovered 1,000- to 900-million-year-old microfossils of a fungus in estuarine shale of the Grassy Bay Formation...
An international team of researchers has found numerous fragments of charred starch plant tissues in 120,000-year-old hearths at the archaeological site...
The Moon has striking asymmetries between its nearside and farside in topography, crustal thickness, and composition. A new study, published in the Journal...
In a new study in the journal mSystems, an international team of researchers analyzed the relationship of age and sex to gut bacterial diversity in adult...
To assist NASA and the lunar community, a team of researchers from the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) has compiled an online atlas that consists of...
In many group-living mammals, mothers may increase the reproductive success of their adult daughters. However, whether such maternal effects exist for...
Planetary researchers from NASA’s Juno mission made the first detection beyond Earth of an internal magnetic field that changes over time — a phenomenon...
A team of scientists in Korea has identified ragweed compounds that could help neurons survive in the presence of Alzheimer’s disease peptides.
The common...
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted aluminum monoxide (AlO) molecules in the gas surrounding Orion Source...
A team of archaeologists has found a jadeite gouge with a rosewood handle at Ek Way Nal, a Classic Maya salt-working site in Belize.
The jadeite gouge...
