We know Mars has water ice in its polar regions, but astronauts (and their solar-powered equipment!) would much rather experience life closer to Mars' equator. As NASA looks toward landing humans on ...

The human genome contains more than 20,000 genes. However, at any given time and in a given cell, only a fraction are active.

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are attracting growing attention as a sustainable aquaculture technology that can ...

Climate change, land-use change and socioeconomic pressures are turning wildfires from a primarily ecological process into a ...

Every time a cell divides, it must accurately copy and distribute its DNA between two new cells. However, in some cases, chromosomes do not fully separate, leaving behind thin strands of DNA known as ...

The German eROSITA consortium (eROSITA-DE), which includes the University of Bonn and is led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), has released its second major public data ...

A map showing the distribution of isotopes in Amazonian tree wood can help identify illegally harvested timber. By analyzing the ratio of different isotopes of elements such as oxygen, carbon, ...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) driven by artificial intelligence (AI) are generating data at an ...

Before any major telescope commissioning, there are dozens of papers that attempt to define what we can expect from it. We're ...

Two organisms inhabiting a common environment can sometimes mutually influence each other, either benefiting or, in some ...

AFPA has echoed serious concerns raised by Forestry Australia over the federal government's controversial new carbon credit ...

Researchers at the University of Tartu have discovered a mechanism in bacteria that helps them adapt to fluoride, which is toxic to most organisms above relatively low threshold concentrations. Their ...