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Atmosphere
The atmosphere consists of a layer of gas surrounding a planet. It is held in place by the gravitational forces of the planet itself. The atmosphere of Earth contains nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases.
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SEP 06, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Warm water pelagic snails don’t get much attention, but they certainly should. The snails move between ocean surfa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2020Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 27, 2020Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
NASA has said that an asteroid known as 2018VP1 is heading towards Earth, and may potentially collide with our planet on ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2020Earth & The Environment
Imagine Northern Africa, now inhabited by the desiccated Sahara desert, as a green oasis, covered by plants and trees. T ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres reports the discovery of equatorial winds at ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita has collaborated with his peers to document what he is calling atmospheric ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
On August 7, A SpaceX recovery vessel called GO Navigator brought the Crew Dragon capsule back to its home port.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2020Earth & The Environment
We often only think of the impact of lightning on how it relates to humans, but new research from the Smithsonian Tropic ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2020Earth & The Environment
The first active methane seep in Antarctica has been found in the Ross Sea. This geological finding provides a crucial o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 23, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Nano-sized silver-catalyst converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide in artificial photosynthesisA new development in artificial photosynthesis utilizes a high-efficient silver-catalyst electrode to convert carbon dio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 20, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists who inhabit the International Space Station (ISS) typically have 12-hour shifts. These include two and a half ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 18, 2020Space & Astronomy
New images from the Solar Orbiter, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) that launched in Feb ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
Within the past ten years, blooms of phytoplankton have taken over the Arctic. Phytoplankton, tiny algae that photosynth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study led by a team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory targets Arizona's Woodbury Fire last summer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 06, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Warm water pelagic snails don’t get much attention, but they certainly should. The snails move between ocean surfa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Extravagant and spiny lionfish were once highly sought after by home aquarium hobbyists. These venomous fish are native
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 27, 2020
Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers say that a space rock that landed in Costa Rica on April 23rd, 2019, came from an asteroid that exists as a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Over the roughly 4.5 billion years of Earth's existence, there have been several periods were biodiversity has been near
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
NASA has said that an asteroid known as 2018VP1 is heading towards Earth, and may potentially collide with our planet on
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Imagine Northern Africa, now inhabited by the desiccated Sahara desert, as a green oasis, covered by plants and trees. T
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres reports the discovery of equatorial winds at
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by University of Michigan researchers and published recently in PNAS reports that cold-climate forests
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Clemson University researcher Rafael Mesquita has collaborated with his peers to document what he is calling atmospheric
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's magnetic field is crucial for life on Earth. Generated by the molten iron core 3000 km beneath our plane
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
On August 7, A SpaceX recovery vessel called GO Navigator brought the Crew Dragon capsule back to its home port.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
We often only think of the impact of lightning on how it relates to humans, but new research from the Smithsonian Tropic
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The first active methane seep in Antarctica has been found in the Ross Sea. This geological finding provides a crucial o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 23, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Nano-sized silver-catalyst converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide in artificial photosynthesis
A new development in artificial photosynthesis utilizes a high-efficient silver-catalyst electrode to convert carbon dio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 20, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists who inhabit the International Space Station (ISS) typically have 12-hour shifts. These include two and a half
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 18, 2020
Space & Astronomy
New images from the Solar Orbiter, a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) that launched in Feb
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Within the past ten years, blooms of phytoplankton have taken over the Arctic. Phytoplankton, tiny algae that photosynth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study led by a team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory targets Arizona's Woodbury Fire last summer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan