NASA just got a hand-me-down plane that used to fly thousands of passengers around the world. But this isn’t any ordinary jet—it’s now the biggest flying science lab in the agency’s fleet. After a year of heavy-duty upgrades in Texas, the former Japan Airlines Boeing 777 landed at NASA’s Langley Res
NASA plans to send its newest eye into space by early September. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is scheduled for this year’s launch window. The mission aims to complete its journey by May 2027 at the latest. The Roman telescope was ann
Scientists used a modern DNA trick called eDNA metabarcoding to map fish life in Turkey’s rivers. Instead of catching every fish, they filtered water from 29 spots spread over seven big river basins. The DNA that sloshes through the water was amplified and read by a high‑throughput machine, producin
A huge study looked at almost 22, 000 adults aged 25 to 74 in Germany. Researchers wanted to see which clues best tell how people will do on thinking tests later on. They checked four kinds of data: brain scans, health records, background facts like age and education, and how people already perform
A study followed people with a specific genetic hearing loss called OTOF‑related deafness for two and a half years after they received a gene therapy. The treatment used a harmless virus to deliver a healthy copy of the missing gene into inner‑ear cells. Researchers checked many things over time, su
In the world of salty snacks, a quiet revolution is happening underground. Scientists have spent more than four decades tinkering with the humble potato to make it a better partner for chip makers. The goal is simple yet complex: grow potatoes that thrive in any climate, resist disease and pests, ke
The new approach starts by splitting the problem into two parts: one side looks at how molecules are linked together, while the other side examines their individual characteristics. Each part is processed by its own neural network branch, and a special attention gate decides how much weight to give
The link between long‑term gut inflammation and colorectal cancer is clear, but the focus has usually been on DNA changes in the lining cells. Recent research shows that the surrounding support cells, called fibroblasts, play a much bigger part than previously thought. These cells build the structur
The body of a single cell must stay steady when the outside world heats up. One key player in this survival game is a protein called Orb6, which is the yeast version of a human enzyme named STK38. Scientists found that when yeast cells face hot conditions, Orb6 steps in to adjust two important pro
Hans Lauber was a respected eye doctor from Switzerland who spent most of his career in Austria and Poland. He wrote many books and papers on eye diseases and even invented his own medical tools. For a while, he was a well-known figure in eye science. But his reputation changed after World War II.
