Researchers developed a polymer-based therapy that can be injected following a heart attack that helps heart tissue heal. After administering it to rats, they demonstrated that it works up to five weeks later, they reported in the journal Continue Reading
In the strange and fascinating world of quantum mechanics, particles have long been sorted into just two types: fermions and bosons. These labels help explain how matter forms and how forces work. Fermions, like electrons and quarks, make up the…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just captured its first image of the Curiosity rover…
Souterrain, derived from the French word for ‘underground,’…
NASA’s school-bus-sized telescope won’t quit.
In what’s become a brilliant investment for scientists and taxpayers alike, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into space 35 years ago, and for decades has…
It sounds like a setup for a horror movie: a meat-eating, cannibalistic caterpillar hiding in the shadows of a spiderweb and dressed in the remains of its former prey. But this incredible species, dubbed the “bone collector” and previously…
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The fossil is a vertebra from Mosasaurus hoffmanni, one of the largest mosasaurs to ever live. | Credit: James Starnes
A giant “sea dragon”…
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Bill Irby, CEO of AgEagle Aerial Systems, to discuss the future of autonomous flight, the growing role of AI, and the challenges of integrating drones into everyday life.
With a background in…
A stunning new photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy has unveiled the vast, glowing gases that surround this majestic spiral system. Captured by Miguel Claro, a professional astrophotographer and science communicator, the image highlights both the…
Written by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University
Perseverance has been busy exploring lower “Witch Hazel Hill,” an outcrop exposed on the edge of the Jezero crater rim. The outcrop is composed of…