The wavy rings of Saturn – Axios

[ad_1] Saturn’s tremors create waves in the planet’s iconic rings, according to a new study. Why is this important: The findings could help scientists learn more about the inner workings of Saturn and other similar worlds in the galaxy. Details: The new study in the journal Nature astronomy suggests that movements inside Saturn create ripples … Read more

Light can trigger a key signaling pathway for embryonic development as well as cancer

[ad_1] Researchers in Illinois have developed a method that makes membrane-bound receptors reactive to light, triggering the Wnt pathway, important in embryonic development and cancer. Credit: Kai Zhang Blue light sheds light on a new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance and cancer genesis. Researchers at the University of Illinois … Read more

Etna is 100 feet taller than 6 months ago

[ad_1] Etna, Europe’s tallest and most active volcano, has erupted so much in the past six months that it has reached a height of around 30 meters, satellite images show. The youngest and most active of the four craters atop Etna – the Southeast Crater – is now the highest part of the volcano, culminating … Read more

NASA invites media for space station scientific launch briefing – NASA

[ad_1] NASA invites media for space station scientific launch briefingNasa Intriguing Science Experiments Launched on SpaceX’s Cargo Resupply Mission to Space StationSciTechDaily Spaceship Delivers Pizza to International Space StationAP Archives Arkansas and Florida students to hear space station astronautsNasa SpaceX’s 23rd Cargo Refueling Mission to Space Station Scientific LaunchNasa See full coverage on Google News … Read more

This brain remains intact in a 310-million-year-old fossil

[ad_1] Brain tissue is naturally spongy. Unlike bones, shells or teeth, it is high in fat and rots quickly, rarely making an appearance in the fossil record. So when Russell Bicknell, an invertebrate paleontologist at the University of New England in Australia, noticed a touch of white near the front of a fossilized horseshoe crab … Read more

A diary written in their tusks

[ad_1] Illustration by James Havens / UAF An international research team has traced the astonishing life course of an Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered the Alaskan landscape enough during its 28 years to circle the Earth almost twice. Scientists have gathered unprecedented details of his life through analysis of a 17,000-year-old fossil at the University … Read more