Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato, and a wide range of other crops, according to new research. The work, published Jan. 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy…
Biological processes that govern our lives are many, intertwined, and often difficult to understand. They involve countless interactions happening at once—molecules recognizing each other, signals being transmitted, and matter being transported…
In less than two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed journey to the Moon in over half a century. The Space Launch Rocket has already been rolled out to the launch pad, setting the stage for a historic…
Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer every year. In advanced tumor diseases, cancer cells detach from the original tumor and settle in other parts of the body to form metastases. On their way, they have to be distributed via the…
Registration is now open for the Robotics Summit & Expo, the world’s leading technical event for commercial robotics developers. The event takes place May 27-28 in Boston, Mass. at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center. The…
Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or observations, the ultimate compendium has been…
When it comes to bucking the biological ails of aging, humans could learn something from Greenland sharks.
We know what will happen to the Sun and our Solar System because we can look outward into the galaxy and examine older Sun-like stars in their evolutionary end states.
Nothing lasts forever, including a star’s fuel. Eventually, stars deplete…
You might have a dangerous browser extension monitoring your browser history and not even know it.
As the good folks at Lifehacker reported, cybersecurity researchers with LayerX…
