Category: 7. Science

Analysis: From a return to the moon to telescope launches, there’s plenty of exciting events to expect from space this year

It’s 2026 and we’re fully into the era of New Space where space agencies like NASA no longer…

DELAND, Fla. — A DeLand operation is quietly doing life-saving work one venomous bite at a time.

Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a…

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) is starting the new year with a new president.

On 1 January 2026, Mary Garson, professor emerita of chemistry at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, took over the…

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory conditions. A critical factor, however, is whether the active substances actually kill the pathogens in the body….

asteroid: A rocky object in orbit around the sun. Most asteroids orbit in a region that falls between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Astronomers refer to this region as the asteroid belt.

basic research: Research performed to gain a…

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Dr Chris Whitewoods, a specialist in leaf development, returns to the John Innes Centre as a tenure track group leader in 2026.  

The 1,100-year-old mummified remains of a man reveal he likely died in an ancient turquoise mining accident in Chile. Extensive evidence of blunt-force trauma discovered on the man’s skeleton suggests he died because of a rockfall or mine…

WASHINGTON — Rhea Space Activity, a Washington, D.C.-based space technology startup, is adapting navigation software originally developed by NASA for military use under a U.S. Space Force contract, targeting a long-standing…