Category: 7. Science

Scientists have uncovered fresh evidence that tiny grains of cosmic dust could be essential for building the molecules that eventually lead to life. The international team behind the discovery says dust may act as an active chemical catalyst in…

Programmable Artificial Cell Membranes Controlled by a Catalytic Chemical Reaction

Biological membranes are fundamental structures that form boundaries of all living cells, controlling how cells communicate, grow, and respond to their…

New research from…

Russia’s Roscosmos space agency reported on Nov. 27 that the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan sustained damage during the Soyuz MS-28 liftoff to the International Space Station.

Although the spacecraft carrying two Russian…

A new study shows that plastic slowly degrades on ocean surfaces, lingering for over a century after they were placed there.

What’s happening?

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have published a new study showing that plastic…

Studying the light from stars tells us their temperature, composition, age, and evolutionary state.

But the red giant companion to Gaia BH2, a black hole system discovered in 2023, tells a contradictory story that doesn’t make sense until you…

China’s manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong completes its 300th dive in the Western Pacific Ocean, Aug. 18, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

China aims to build a new “air-space-land-sea-network” infrastructure system and develop a Chinese…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover.

The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on…