Sean Jones has been named the new head of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences for the U.S.
The Gruber Foundation has given support to a third early-career astrophysicist through the Gruber Fellowship program.
An international research team discovered that a mathematically optimal model could predict the development pathway of a fruit fly (Drosophila) embryo and found that the embryo's decoding of gap gene expression data in its development closely approximates that of their optimal theoretical model.
Neuroscientists have for decades thought that much of how humans experience movement, vision and thinking is operated by a very small portion of our brains, called the cerebellum.
A June 2020 study published in Ecology and Evolution suggests that bird mortality rates caused by collisions with wind turbines may have been underestimated.
An asteroid, not volcanoes, is to blame for the mass extermination of non-avian dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago, according to a recent study.
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has developed a tiny antibody that can block the development and spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
The atmosphere on Jupiter’s moon Io is a witches’ brew, composed primarily of the sulfurous exhalations of more than 400 volcanoes that dot the surface.
Two Princeton researchers, architect Stefana Parascho and engineer Sigrid Adriaenssens, dreamed of using robots to simplify construction, even when building complex forms.
Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered a surprising new way to treat Type 2 diabetes using static magnetic and electric fields.
According to an article by YaleNews, there will be a rare global blue moon occurring on Halloween Oct. 31, 2020.
Two scientific prizes for 2021 were announced by the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) on Oct. 13.
Researchers say they've figured out how the 'uncrushable' beetle withstands incredibly high pressure
An advanced fission plant concept design developed by a California-based company is the type of "microreactor" that could lead to replacing fossil fuels and huge nuclear power plants, an international power agency recently reported.
Researchers in Spain and Luxembourg recently proposed a computational method for reconstructing gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from gene expression data to infer cellular identity.
The scientists are optimistic that their data could help communities hit hardest by the pandemic
A new multi-drone imaging system was put to the test in Antarctica. The task? Documenting a colony of roughly 1 million Adélie penguins.
New genes that emerged hundreds of millions ago helped vertebrates to become distinct from invertebrates, new research reveals.