Science
Water may play critical role in how our tissues stretch and spring back
Every time your heart beats, your lungs expand, or your skin stretches, a remarkable protein called elastin helps your body return to its original shape. But what exactly gives th…
Endangered leatherbacks find new nesting beaches in Ecuador as Pacific Ocean warms
A hopeful story for the world's largest, critically endangered sea turtle may be playing out along the sandy beaches of Ecuador.
Machine learning reveals how often fish schooling evolved—and repeatedly disappeared
Scientists have used new machine learning techniques to investigate a topic no one has ever found a way to study: the evolution of fish moving together in schools across thousands…
A parasite linked to cats may also threaten dogs' eyesight, researchers find
A parasitic infection commonly associated with cats may be associated with severe, potentially sight-threatening ocular disease in dogs, according to a new study by researchers at…
Tree-rich landscapes help birds and bats nearly double cacao yields in Peru
Tropical farmers are often expected to choose between high crop yields and protecting wildlife. However, an international team of researchers led by the University of Vienna, in c…
The ELT can probe ultra-diffuse galaxies and their dark matter mysteries
We've been waiting a long time for the Extremely Large Telescope's first light, scheduled for March 2029. Telescopes this large, powerful and costly always have multiple science g…
Male lizard 'perfumes' may be more about rivalry than seduction
Animals communicate in ways that are sometimes obvious to us and sometimes almost completely hidden. Bright colors, songs and courtship displays are easy to notice. Chemical signa…
A stellar odd couple at an unusual stage of evolution
Most of the stars in the Milky Way are what we might call normal stars. They're main sequence stars like our sun, meaning they're doing what most people probably think stars do: s…
Upgraded microscope can now watch individual quantum particles in motion
Energy can be carried in a number of ways: by electrons, the particles that underpin all modern electronics, as well as by quasiparticles, the results of different particles inter…
Rubies on Mars?
Written by Roger C. Wiens, SuperCam Principal Investigator for NASA’s Perseverance rover at Purdue University Nov. 4, 2026 Exploration on Mars turns up the unexpected. Perseveranc…
Newest Sample, Oldest Rock?
Written by Tasha Coelho, Mastcam-Z Student Collaborator at Arizona State University Nov. 1, 2026 Perseverance’s most recent abrasion “Pumbe” bears a striking resemblance to an ear…
New perovskite system extends room-temperature spin polarization via successive quantum wells
A research team led by Lu Haipeng, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has achieved a breakthrough in preserv…
On this day in space! Nov. 9, 1967: NASA launches the Saturn V moon rocket for the first time on Apollo 4, but no astronauts were aboard
On this day in space! Nov. 9, 1967: NASA launches the Saturn V moon rocket for the first time on Apollo 4, but no astronauts were aboard
Subaru Telescope reveals the shape and temperature of Comet Encke's nucleus
Mid-infrared observations with the Subaru Telescope have revealed the shape and surface temperature of the nucleus of Comet 2P/Encke. By analyzing how the nucleus's thermal emissi…
Light reflecting within thin films can masquerade as molecular signals in perovskite solar materials
An infrared signal thought to reveal how molecules in perovskite solar materials respond to light-generated charges can arise largely from the way light travels through the thin f…
Jupiter and Mars are set for a breathtaking close approach later this week: Here's how to see it
Jupiter and Mars will appear incredibly close as they shine in the constellation Leo on Nov. 15.
Alternative approach could reduce reliance on potentially toxic surfactants in pharmaceutical and food applications
An international research team led by the University of Sydney has found a way to formulate microemulsions without traditional surfactants, which are often toxic and hard to separ…
The supernova impostor: Chandra finds likely source of giant star's repeated outbursts
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant, unstable star.
Sewers could hold the key to detecting deadly fungal infections
Every year, fungal infections kill around 2.5 million people worldwide, more than tuberculosis and malaria combined. Yet most people may have never heard of the fungi responsible,…
First known 'disappearing planet' has a neighbor that makes it wobble like a top
UCLA-led astronomers have discovered the first known "disappearing planet" about 1,000 light-years away. The planet, TOI-2535 b, is a "hot Jupiter," a gas giant that orbits extrem…
CheMeleon model adapts to predict molecular properties from scant data
Discovering new molecules for specific uses is a major driver of progress in a wide variety of industries, whether it's pharmaceutical companies looking for new drugs or electroni…
New review maps a 'structure-to-physiology' roadmap for functional fruit packaging
Freshly harvested fruit remains metabolically active, respires vigorously and is highly sensitive to ethylene. It is therefore highly susceptible to softening, browning, water los…
Are the James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious Little Red Dots actually tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang era?
New research suggests that Little Red Dots, which have puzzled astronomers since the JWST began discovering them, could host primordial black holes born during the Big Bang.
3-million-year-old Taung Child once again shakes up our human family tree
A century after the Taung Child permanently altered our view of human origins, a new study published in npj Palaeoecosystems dates the famous fossil to between 2.96 and 3.03 milli…