Albino rice plants created with TnpB by disrupting the gene responsible for producing green color. Credit: Kutubuddin Molla and Subhasis Karmakar Genome editing is one of the most transformative scientific breakthroughs of our time. It allows us to delve into the code of life and make precise adjustments. Imagine being able to rewrite the genetic … Read more
Schematic representation of the evolution of the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait through the Paleogene. Abbreviations: Pre-Ungava Transform Margin (Pre-UTM), Davis Strait proto-microcontinent (DSPM), Ungava Fracture Zone (UFZ). Credit: Longley et al. 2024. Plate tectonics is the driving force behind Earth’s continental configurations, with the lithosphere (oceanic and continental crust and upper mantle) … Read more
Ariane 6 will launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 9 July 2024. Credit: ESA – S. Corvaja Ariane 6, Europe’s new heavy lift rocket, made its maiden flight from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 16:00 local time on 9 July (20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST). Ariane 6 is the latest member of the … Read more
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels Auroras have inspired myths and omens for millennia, but only now, with modern technology that relies on electricity, do we appreciate their true power. The same forces that cause auroras also generate currents that can damage infrastructure that carries electricity, such as pipelines. Now scientists are writing in Frontiers in … Read more
A series of mirrors and prisms reflect and focus lasers to perform the reaction. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin A global research team led by Texas Engineers has developed a way to irradiate the molecules in plastic and other materials with a laser, breaking them down into tiny particles for future reuse. The … Read more
Credit: Stellarium Web Online Star Map Every night a “new star” or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won’t set the sky ablaze, it is a special chance to see a rare event that is normally difficult to predict in advance. The star in question is T Coronae Borealis (T CrB, pronounced … Read more
3D printed skull of Fona herzogae. Credit: Lindsay Zanno The age of the dinosaurs was not only explored above ground. A recently discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a more complete understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous, both … Read more
Amazon has breathed new life into the Echo Spot: a bedside table with Alexa and a colorful display that shows the weather forecast, what songs or podcasts are playing, the latest news and, of course, the time. Echo Spot can display the time, forecast, or currently playing songs, audiobooks, and podcasts through its enhanced 1.73” … Read more
Experimental protocol and mean-field phase diagram. Credit: Physics (2024). DOI file: 10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 A crystal is a system of atoms that repeats itself in space at regular intervals: at every point, the crystal looks exactly the same. In 2012, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek asked the question: Could there also be a time crystal, an object … Read more
Artist’s impression of Smertrios. Credit: NASA. Using the CARMENES spectrograph, astronomers have found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a hot Saturnian exoplanet called HD 149026 b, dubbed Smertrios. The finding, reported in a research paper published on the preprint server arXivcould hold the key to a better understanding of the structure and … Read more