In addition to drilling rock core samples, the science team has been grinding its way into rocks to make sense of the scientific evidence hiding just below the surface.
On June 3, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover ground down a portion of a rock…
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Einstein’s letter to Japan about atomic bomb fails to sell at auction
Albert Einstein’s most powerful public reflection on the atomic bomb and his…
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World’s most advanced rocket engine tested for hypersonic drones
Washington-based company New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) has completed an important round of fire tests on its Mjölnir rocket engine, marking a major step forward in the race to redefine propulsion for next-generation hypersonic vehicles and space…
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holes reminiscent of Swiss cheese
RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (AP) — One of Switzerland’s glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country’s glaciers. Holes are emerging…
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Webb Telescope Just Did Something It’s Never Done Before—and Astronomers Are Thrilled
Since it began its science operations in July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope has been probing the atmospheres of alien planets to study their potential for habitability. For the first time,…
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Two Transparent Worms Unveil Ancient Evolutionary Secrets
Study finds that the pace of evolution in organisms differs depending on the type of cells involved. A new study finds that two species of worms have maintained strikingly similar patterns of gene activation and deactivation, even though they…
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Health Insurers Vow To Improve Prior Authorization (Again)
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at efforts to improve prior authorization, commercializing Bell Labs’ IP portfolio, a new billionaire from Caris Life Sciences’ IPO, a big funding round for robots to do cataract surgery, and…
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Buoyant Rover for Under Ice Exploration
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. The prototype was tested in arctic lakes near…
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The Discovery and Evolution of Fluorescent Proteins
It has been over 60 years since Osamu Shimomura et al. discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)1. Since then, the color palette for fluorescent proteins has been extended to span blue through to far red,…
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Shocking Scientists: Iconic Bluebottle Jellyfish Revealed To Be Four Distinct Species
Ocean drifters once thought identical are actually several species. Genetics and ocean modeling uncover unexpected isolation. Bluebottles, also known as Portuguese man o’ war, were long thought to be a single species drifting across the…
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