chemistry

Liquid water in the rest of the solar system is about 50 times Earth's volume of water

Posted in Science on 2nd Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

The locations of some subsurface oceans are on Europa, Enceladus, Ganymede, Titan, the asteroid Ceres, Callisto, Dione and Pluto.

Plumes on Europa Might Confirm Suspicions of Water Beneath Its Icy Crust

Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Several missions are scheduled to investigate these findings.

NASA asteroid probe may find clues to origins of life on Earth

Posted in Science on 11th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

Water ice and organic materials, which are key compounds that may have made Earth habitable or even given life its start.

Popular insecticide greatly reduces Bee ability to lay eggs

Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new study has found neonicotinoids, the worlds most commonly used insecticide, cause queen honeybees to lay as much as two-thirds fewer eggs.

DNA sequenced in space for first time on the ISS

Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller

The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.