Many diseases and viruses are difficult to map because of the inability to perform ‘protein folding’. This is set to change because of the work of Google’s DeepMind and it could have lasting medical benefits.
Unfolding protein is key to understanding its properties and relatively few proteins have been successfully...
NASA's first asteroid sampling spacecraft is making final preparations to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu's surface. Next week, the OSIRIS-REx mission will conduct a second rehearsal of its touchdown sequence, practicing the sample collection activities one last time before touching down on Bennu this fall.
On Aug. 11, the...
The blast in question was a supernova – an astronomical event, which occurs during the last stages in the life of a massive star. The peak of luminosity of a supernova can be compared with that of an entire galaxy.
NASA captured a stunning stellar explosion, which was five billion...
A Russian and German telescope has completed its first full sweep of the sky — and it's provided some breathtaking images to mark the occasion. A new map, roughly four times the depth of its predecessor, captures what the universe looks like through X-ray vision.
The eRosita instrument, mounted...
Bullet-proof armor just got a serious upgrade thanks to one of the world's most popular supermaterials. Researchers developed a material using just two sheets of graphene that hardens upon impact.
Graphene has contributed significantly to the advancement of material science. It’s just a very tight sheet of Carbon atoms that’s...
Melting glaciers have increased the volume of glacial lakes by 50% in just 30 years, Scientists have found.
A new study led by Dr. Dan Shugar, PhD, with collaborators from governments and universities in Canada, the United States and United Kingdom, uses satellite data from NASA and Google Earth...
A “beating heart” of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto’s winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.
The heart-shaped structure named Tombaugh Regio became famous in 2015 after NASA’s New Horizons mission captured footage of the dwarf planet and revealed it isn’t the barren...
In 2003, history was made. For the first time, the human genome was sequenced. Since then, technological improvements have enabled tweaks, adjustments, and additions, making the human genome the most accurate and complete vertebrate genome ever sequenced.
Although the current human reference genome is the most accurate and complete vertebrate...
The oxygen supply system providing the Russian segment on board the International Space Station with air has failed, Agence France-Presse reports — the same Zvezda module that’s slowly leaking air into space.
Russian space corporation Roscosmos maintains that the crew is still in no danger. Repairs have reportedly already started.
“Nothing...
