In order to retain a piece of information for a short time, working memory is…
Month: October 2015
African lion survival may be dependent on corridor creation
Across Africa, lion populations are threatened by continued reductions in their range and associated genetic…
Simulation of 3-D exotic clouds on an exoplanet
A nearby exoplanet has an atmosphere that might be similar to Earth’s before life evolved….
NOAA report finds the 2014 commercial catch of US seafood on par with 2013
America’s commercial and recreational fisheries show continued stability and make a large contribution to the…
New class of DNA repair enzyme discovered
A new class of DNA repair enzyme has been discovered which demonstrates that a much…
High-tech methods study bacteria on the International Space Station
Where there are people, there are bacteria, even in space. But what kinds of bacteria…
Rewrite of onboard memory planned for NASA Mars orbiter
Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth…
Nuclear membrane repairs the ‘dark matter’ of DNA
The nuclear membrane isn’t just a protective case around the nucleus — it actually repairs…
Annual Antarctic ozone hole larger and formed later in 2015
The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in recent years,…
Spirals in dust around young stars may betray presence of massive planets
A team of astronomers is proposing that huge spiral patterns seen around some newborn stars,…