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The researchers found that only Arctic diatoms can move through actual ice. Temperate diatoms (species from warmer waters) ...
The device works by melting a biocompatible thermoplastic called polycaprolactone (PCL) mixed with hydroxyapatite (HA), a ...
It sounds like a strange question, but to biologists it makes all the sense in the world. Yeast cells tip the scales at about ...
Resting on the seafloor was a remarkably preserved bronze helmet, complete with cheek guards still intact. The helmet is in ...
This adorable pale pink species—nicknamed the “bumpy snailfish”—is one of three newly described deep-sea fishes discovered off the Pacific coast. All three belong to the family Liparidae, or ...
In a landmark paper, they reveal a counterintuitive strategy that flips decades of battery chemistry on its head. They’ve demonstrated a lithium-metal battery — the holy grail of energy density — that ...
So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...