chemistry
Asteroids 'dumped water into the molten Moon'
Posted in Science on 1st Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
How and when water got trapped in volcanic lunar rocks is a huge and open question for planetary scientists.
Sensor detects signs of cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's
Posted in Medicine on 24th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The biosensor is able to detect molecules linked to various cancers and neurological diseases for rapid diagnosis.
NASA just detected oxygen in the Martian atmosphere
Posted in Science on 10th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
"Atomic oxygen in the Martian atmosphere is notoriously difficult to measure"
Europe and Russia delay ExoMars rover project to 2020
Posted in Science on 4th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The aim of the mission is to land a rover on the Red Planet. Capable of drilling up to 2m below the surface, it would search for signs of past or present life.
Complex sugars cooked up from 'comet ice'
Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists have detected ribose, a sugar needed to make RNA and DNA, in laboratory experiments which simulate the very early Solar System.