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Doris Tsao and Winrich Freiwald Receive the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience
Pew grant project to design hepatitis C vaccine built on natural immunity
HKUST Uncovers Mechanism behind Accelerated Interfacial Polymerization
Erin Schuman Receives Kavli Prize 2026
Study Clarifies How Atmospheric Dust Shapes Climate
HKUST Uncovers Key Mechanism of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Subglacial weathering may have slowed Earth’s escape from snowball Earth
My unsung hero of science: Frank Malina – fearless rocket engineer, groundbreaking artist and communist ‘traitor’
Saturn’s Biggest Moon Might Not Have Global Ocean
Astronauts to benefit from brain tests in Antarctica 15 September 2025
The hunt for ‘planet nine’: why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System
Physicists take step toward a holy grail for electron spins
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers investigate dark matter, continuing the legacy of its pioneering namesake
Atlantic Ocean current expected to undergo limited weakening with climate change, study finds
How 3D printing is personalizing health care
Analysis Reveals Signs Of Life In ‘zombie’ Volcano
Fulbright Scholars to investigate renewable energy, atmospheric aerosols
UQ Research Goes Global With 2025 Fulbright Scholar
Scientists closer to engineering more resilient food crops
Gilles Laurent is awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2025
Elon Musk and the tech titans v the rest of Maga – here’s where the big splits could happen
SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, Announces Its 2025 Fellows
NASA’s micro-mission Lunar Trailblazer will make macro-measurements of the lunar surface in 2025
TRISH seeks innovative biomarker analysis technologies for deep space missions
Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think
Mandelbrot’s fractals are not just gorgeous – they taught mathematicians how to model the real world
Understanding how plants balance growth and survival, one cell at a time
Atmospheric Methane Increase During Pandemic Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding
Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen – and named them Porphyrion
Antarctic research supports healthy space for astronauts 11 September 2024
Galaxies are much much bigger than we thought
New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan’s seas
Adapting California’s Lessons To Climate Crises In NYS
Economist To Study Collective Action With NSF Grant
Distinguished Decoding Of Mind
TRISH shares new health data from first all-civilian orbital space mission
Scientists uncover a multibillion-year epic written into the chemistry of life
Dr. Mary Dickinson named a 2023 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kerr-Enhanced Optical Spring for Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today
TRISH seeking scientist proposals to advance space health research
Antarctic research to assist astronauts 30 November 2023
TRISH to study spaceflight effects on genome and nervous system on Axiom Space’s Ax-3 Mission
Scientists voyage to the Southern Ocean to investigate how climate change impacts the planet’s strongest current
TRISH calls for postdoctoral proposals for fellowship program
Astroonomy to offer Brinson Prize
Webb telescope finds carbon source on Jupiter’s Europa
James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light