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Astrobiology Sep 25, 2026

Great news from Saturn's moon Enceladus in the search for life in space

What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Frank Postberg, a professor of planetary science at Freie Universität Berlin, has published a study in Science Advances with an international team ...

Astronomy Sep 25, 2026

Testing an antenna layout for the SKA-Low telescope

SKA-Low is a radio telescope under construction in Western Australia. It will operate across a wide frequency range, from 50 to 350 MHz, and will be the most sensitive telescope of its kind ever built. The completed instrument ...

Biotechnology Sep 25, 2026

Molecular network resource identifies unknown compounds for biomarker discovery

Medical researchers, clinicians and pharmaceutical scientists often study small molecules called metabolites, which are produced in living cells through a variety of processes, including the breakdown of food, chemicals or ...

Astronomy Sep 25, 2026

Webb detects ammonia and unexpected chill on a distant giant planet

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers led by the University of Maryland identified water, methane and ammonia in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a giant planet 500 light-years from Earth. The observations ...

Space Exploration Sep 25, 2026

Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to Earth on Friday less than three months after launching on the bold mission.

Environment Sep 25, 2026

Strategically placed garden plants offer a low-cost way to cool homes in summer

Climate change is bringing extreme summer heat to many more countries, but using the right plants in your garden could help keep your home a bit cooler next summer.

Earth Sciences Sep 25, 2026

Study finds alpine peaks are greening in the Northeast U.S., Canada

In northeastern North America, a stretch of mountains runs 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the Adirondacks in New York to the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec. Nearly 70 million people live within a day's drive of one of ...

General Physics Sep 25, 2026

Cosmic lockdown: How the environment can isolate quantum fields

A simplified cosmological model suggests that decoherence can suppress quantum tunneling, effectively locking fields into the vacuum state they have reached.

Ecology Sep 24, 2026

Q&A: Grasslands in more diverse landscapes can suffer less from drought

During the heat wave of 2018, meadows and pastures also suffered from drought. Are grasslands in diverse landscapes more resilient to yield losses than those in monotonous regions? Researchers at the University of Bonn, led ...

Education Sep 24, 2026

Patriot parking predictions putting students in the proper spot

College students are already under stress from classes, tests and presentations. So when something as "easy" as finding a parking spot is anything but, it can cause a bad start to an already challenging day.

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