NASA’s Astrobiology Program is conducting comprehensive research to understand the origins of life on Earth, and by extension, in the cosmos. This includes studying the…
Are We Alone? – Beginnings: Life on Our World and Others
NASA’s Astrobiology Program is conducting comprehensive research to understand the origins of life on Earth, and by extension, in the cosmos. This includes studying the…
The COVID-19 Trojan Horse: How the Virus Breaks Into the Placental Fortress
Human skin cells reprogrammed into placental stem cells shows how COVID infects placenta — and how it can be stopped. In a landmark study published…
Sss-eeing in Color: The Remarkable Vision Evolution of Sea Snakes
Scientists have discovered that sea snakes have enhanced their color vision due to living in vibrant marine environments. An international team of scientists examining the…
Harvard Scientists Uncover Long-Missing Piece in Breast Cancer Puzzle
New research unveils a new mechanism responsible for certain types of breast cancer. In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the…
The Sound of Silence? Johns Hopkins Researchers Prove People Hear It
A team of psychologists and philosophers at Johns Hopkins University have used auditory illusions to demonstrate that silence distorts people’s perception of time similarly to…
The Sound of Silence? Johns Hopkins Researchers Prove People Hear It
A team of psychologists and philosophers at Johns Hopkins University have used auditory illusions to demonstrate that silence distorts people’s perception of time similarly to…
Quantum Breakthrough: First-Ever Entanglement of Microwave and Optical Photons
For the very first time, researchers at ISTA entangled microwave and optical photons. Quantum computing holds the potential to tackle complex issues in fields like…
Neurological Secrets of Fear: The Eye-Averting Mechanism Uncovered in Fruit Flies
A cluster of neurons in the brains of fruit flies has been found to control visual aversion to scary objects. Averting our eyes from things…
How Can a Common Virus Cause Multiple Sclerosis? New Study Explains
Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have uncovered further evidence regarding the Epstein-Barr virus’s role in initiating or escalating multiple sclerosis. The study, published…