Sampling the plumes of Jupiter's volcano moon, Io
What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...
A dramatic Einstein ring seen by Webb
One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational deflection of starlight. The effect was ...
A classification of drugs based on their environmental impact
Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in ...
NASA's SPHEREx takes first images, preps to study millions of galaxies
NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has ...
Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert carbon dioxide into useful products
Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon ...
Air pollution and traffic noise increase the risk of stroke through combination effect
Karolinska Institutet shows that air pollution and traffic noise together may pose a greater risk for stroke than either ...
The rivers that science says shouldn't exist
Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how ...