Solanimycin, which is produced by Dickeya solani, the enterobacterial pathogen of potato, is active against a broad range of plant-pathogenic fungi and...
The subsurface of Mars during the Noachian period was likely to have been habitable for microorganisms that feed on hydrogen and produce methane, according...
New research led by the global research-for-development organization Bioversity International confirms that the genomes of today’s domesticated banana...
Paleontologists have re-examined the remains of extinct, large-bodied marsupials recovered from Pleistocene-aged layers of Nombe Rockshelter in the highlands...
These images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa were taken by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a close approach on September 29,...
About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth near the site of the small town of Chicxulub in what is now Mexico. This impact coincides...
During excavations at the ancient Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, an international team of archaeologists has documented...
This black-and-white image of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was taken by the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) instrument on board NASA’s Juno orbiter during...
ZTF J1813+4251 is a 51-minute-orbital-period, fully eclipsing binary system consisting of a star with a temperature comparable to that of the Sun but...
Scientists have investigated the effects of surface crude oil on the feather structure of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), a species of seabird...
Dust is a key ingredient in both observed and physical properties of galaxies. It obscures and scatters stellar light, and enables star formation by acting...
The Stephan’s Quintet, the Cartwheel Galaxy, the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327, and the Carina Nebula were among the first publicly released images...
Nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) — a product of microbial nitrogen metabolism — is a compelling exoplanet biosignature gas with distinctive...
A hoard of 44 gold coins dating to the 7th century CE has been unearthed by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
A gold solidus...
Jurassic ichthyosaurs dominated upper trophic levels of marine ecosystems. Many species coexisted alongside each another, and it is uncertain whether they...
On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos for the first planetary defense test. Two days...
New research on the diets of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) adds evidence that bears are low-protein macronutrient...
The Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach (Panesthia lata), a species of large wingless cockroach that disappeared from its home island following the...
