Their goal is to lay the foundation for what may become the most ambitious alien-hunting mission in history: a dedicated SETI observatory on the farside of the moon. Although it will be years before a SETI radio telescope lands on … Read more
A international team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery, finding phosphorus, an essential chemical element for life, locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Using data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission, The findings shed … Read more
Everyone is raving about hallucinogens as the future of antidepressants. LSD (better known as acid), psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms), and the “spirit molecule” DMT are all being tested in clinical trials as fast-acting antidepressants. And I mean … Read more
Lightning rods can protect from lightning strikes, but they can only shield nearby areas. MARIANA SUAREZ / AFP via Getty Images For the first time, scientists have diverted lightning by using lasers. On the Säntis mountain in northeastern Switzerland, they … Read more
A new study finds that stimulating the brain during sleep can improve memory. DrAfter123/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DrAfter123/Getty Images A new study finds that stimulating the brain during sleep can improve memory. DrAfter123/Getty Images A little brain stimulation … Read more
While an exciting discovery at the time, such an approach was not directly translatable to people, according to Chen. Unlike transgenic mice, humans cannot have Myc and Notch pathways turned on like a light switch. A drug therapy, he explained, … Read more
New research suggests that cats can distinguish their owner’s voice from that of a stranger’s, while also being able to identify when their owner is specifically talking to them. The findings are the latest to indicate that cats can indeed … Read more
image: Researchers have made new discoveries about aspirin’s mechanism of action and cellular targets. Their findings suggest potential interplay between cyclooxygenase enzyme, or COX, and indoleamine dioxygenases, or IDOs, during inflammation. view more Credit: Subhrangsu Mandal, University of Texas at Arlington … Read more
The tardigrade, also known as the moss piglet or water bear, is a bizarre, microscopic creature that looks like something out of a Disney nightmare scene: strange but not particularly threatening. The pudgy, eight-legged, water-borne creature appears to be perpetually … Read more
Note to journalists: Please report that this research will be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. A press conference on this topic will be held Wednesday, March 25, at 11:30 a.m. Mountain time in the Colorado Convention … Read more