The remarkable ability of migratory animals to navigate and remember routes may be attributed to their sensitivity to not only the Earth’s magnetic field, but possibly also to interactions with the magnetic bacteria that live in the field. The relationship between these magnetic bacteria and the animals they live in is not yet fully understood, … Read more
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a new method using a 3D-printed vacuum system to detect dark matter and potentially reveal the nature of dark energy. The system manipulates the gas density and uses ultracold lithium atoms to probe the effects of scalar fields, with the aim of observing domain walls: defects formed … Read more
Getty Images Mutations in these regions of so-called ‘junk’ DNA are increasingly linked to a range of diseases, from Crohn’s disease to cancer. Since the Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003, scientists have been trying to pinpoint new areas among the three billion letters of our genetic code that may play a crucial … Read more
Few ancient monuments are shrouded in as much mystery as Stonehenge, the eerie prehistoric temple in southern England that began construction almost 5,000 years ago. The builders and designers left no written words to explain its meaning to them, nor do we know what it was used for all those years ago. Modern analysis has … Read more
New research has found that shipworms digest wood using symbiotic microbes in their guts, a discovery that overturns previous insights and has significant implications for biotechnology and environmental modeling. A cross-section of Belfast dock pilings, riddled with shipwormholes. Credit: Barry Goodell Unlocking the secrets of the world’s most fascinating and destructive mollusk could impact everything … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Swift, illustrated here, is a collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Penn State in University Park, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems in Dulles, Virginia. Other partners include the University … Read more
NASA is preparing to launch its latest climate science mission, the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE), which aims to capture brand new data on how heat is lost from Earth’s polar regions to space . PREFIRE consists of a pair of cubesats launched separately into near-polar orbits. The first, “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” … Read more