On the night of March 3, 2026, skywatchers across the U.S. will be treated to a total lunar eclipse — the only one until the end of 2028. During this “blood moon,” the full moon will pass through Earth’s shadow and glow a rich coppery red for…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally unveiled the name of the astronaut who triggered the medical…
Huang, a Ph.D. student, was born in the countryside of South China, where lotus pools are common. From his youth, he watched dew form on lotus leaves and noticed air bubbles trapped inside the droplets that sometimes burst. He began studying…
Experiments using conditional knockout mice have revealed a critical role for stress signaling-mediated transcriptional responses in determining the fates of neurons after axon injury. Prominent among these, neuronal knockout of the…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest imagery is its most “cerebral” yet, capturing a dying star’s nebula that looks uncannily like a brain inside a transparent skull.
Located about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Vela, the…
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — A team of paleontologists has discovered the first-known evidence of a bone tumor in a vertebrate preserved in amber, in the form of a 99-million-year-old lizard specimen that offers a rare glimpse into the ancient…
With few biomarkers for early identification and limited therapy options for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is an urgent need for further information about the biology of disease genesis and…