Since 1982, more than 200,000 trees are measured every five years on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Credit: Christian Ziegler A group of trees that…
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The team’s Austin Bridge Breathing Unit. Credit: University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are building a new type…
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems —…
Space objects and debris surrounding Earth as visualized by ASTRIAGraph. The gray dots represent debris, the orange dots are active satellites, blue dots are inactive…
This is a 3D atomic scale map, or molecular structure, of the 2019-nCoV spike protein. The protein takes on two different shapes, called conformations–one before…
A Varroa mite, a common pest that can weaken bees and make them more susceptible to pathogens, feeds on a honey bee. Credit: Alex Wild/University…
A researcher collects gas samples at Soda Springs in the Philippines. Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Diving 200 feet under…
A simplified graphic of the inner Earth as described by the new research. The white and black layers represent a slurry layer containing iron crystals.…
For years news outlets have tied major sporting events to an increase in sex trafficking, but researchers have now revealed that assumption is a myth…
Bony plates called osteoderms (colored orange) cover the skull of an adult Komodo dragon. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin. Just beneath their scales,…
This is an artist’s interpretation of the asteroid impact. The asteroid in the artwork appears much larger than the six-mile rock that scientists hypothesize actually…