Angle down icon An icon in the shape of a downward pointing corner. The fuselage of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule (left) was designed to burn up upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Instead, it crashed in North Carolina. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni In May, a large piece of space debris crashed into the mountains of North Carolina. After investigating … Read more
The tiny roundworm C. elegans is the subject of a new study examining 3’UTRs. These short segments of RNA play a crucial role in regulating genes. The resulting map, the product of 20 years of research, is the most complete dataset of its kind for any animal and will help advance our understanding of gene … Read more
The space debris cleanup mission launched by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully tracked down one of its targets. During the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration, Japan’s Astroscale partnered with JAXA to launch a satellite called ADRAS-J that will demonstrate the capabilities needed to remove space debris from orbit. Last Friday, the two entities … Read more