10+ hour, 5+ min ago  (479+ words) Tiny crystals suggest magma can build underground for thousands of years Researchers pieced together the eruption history of the Methana volcano. Here, brown igneous rocks from its last eruption, which was about 2, 250 years ago, pile over limestone and extend into…...

16+ hour, 16+ min ago  (730+ words) A new study suggests one ring comes from the moon Mab and the other from unseen rocky bodies In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope caught sight of Uranus and its gossamer ring system, glowing in infrared. Several of its moons…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (568+ words) In a small trial of preeclampsia patients, a blood filter helped some pregnancies last longer High blood pressure is a main symptom of preeclampsia, a sometimes-fatal pregnancy complication. In a small trial, reducing the amount of one protein slightly lowered…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (492+ words) The candidate system appears chemically pristine just 450 million years after the Big Bang The universe's first stars (illustrated) may have shone brightly. NASA, STSc I, A. Schaller There's a new contender for the universe's earliest first-generation stars. A bright clump seen…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (438+ words) Some genes passed down over millennia actually reduce a signal linked to allergic inflammation An analysis of ancient DNA challenges the hypothesis that today's allergies can be chalked up to immune systems accustomed to a pathogen-rich past. Genes for immunity…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (587+ words) The key is tight control of the interaction between water and coffee grounds A new equation calculates the permeability of ground coffee to water, to help pull the perfect shot of espresso. By Taylor Mitchell Brown A memorable shot of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (233+ words) Susanna Camp is an author, journalist and educator specializing in emerging technology and business trends. What do Hollywood celebrities have in common with snakebite victims? Recent research reveals that botulinum toxin, the active ingredient in the wrinkle smoother Botox, can…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (453+ words) Public-private partnerships go to space'Science News Public-private partnerships are key to innovation. Government agencies bring the R&D scale and regulatory stability, while the private sector offers agile capital, competitive speed and "fail-fast" execution. These collaborative efforts can take initiatives…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (545+ words) The largest invertebrate known was an enormous octopus that lived at the time of dinosaurs This artwork depicts the whale-sized octopus Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, which stalked the seas at the time dinosaurs roamed on land. The kraken " a gigantic, tentacled sea…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (419+ words) The findings support the idea that water pervades the galaxy's planet-building material Vast clouds of interstellar water ice (blue in this false color mosaic) reach hundreds of light-years across Cygnus X, a large star-forming region in the Milky Way. This…...