A new space telescope makes a spectacular debut after a troubled gestation
Seen with JWST’s midinfrared instrument, the newborn stars of the Tarantula nebula fade into the background while clouds of dust and gas take center stage, including hydrocarbons that will later form planets.NASA; ESA; CSA; STSCI; WEBB ERO PRODUCTION TEAM
These observations will address the most pressing questions about our changing planet. Taken together as a single Observatory, NASA will have a holistic, 3D view of Earth to better understand how our planet’s complex systems work together and improve our capability to predict how our climate may change.
NASA’s Open Source Science strategy is the key to bringing the data from these missions together into a single observatory to help understand the earth as a system and accelerate our ability to use this understanding. These observations will better inform decision-makers on how our planet is changing, with greater precision on previously unimaginable scales – from entire continents down to individual trees, from atmosphere to bedrock.
Scientists refine a technology that peers through bone to image sub-surface body parts.
Two carved panels discovered in what is now Turkey illustrate a tale involving leopards and a bull.
Immune-cell-based therapy quashed tumour growth in some people with treatment-resistant melanoma.
Rapid growth in a city in Central Africa is causing a landslide to speed up.
In “A New Picture of Dinosaur Nesting Ecology” (Perspective), paleontologist Daniel T. Ksepka offers an overview of these sweeping advances in his field, showcasing the spectrum of reproductive traits among the dinosaurs, often with surprising mixes of reptilian and avian traits.
Groundbreaking innovations may appear to be strokes of genius, but they are most often the product of context, consequence, and coincidence.
Originally thought of as simply harmful to native plants, this invasive herb has been spreading for far more complex reasons.
Metabolism studies reveal surprising insights into how we burn calories—and how cooperative food production helped Homo sapiens flourish
Scientists have new evidence about how cosmic cataclysms forge gold, platinum and other heavy members of the periodic table
A mourning ritual of dialogues with the dead speaks to the fragility of theological diversity
TheScientist Magazine (December 2022):
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
A wireless brain implant inhibits tumor growth in rats, overcoming many design flaws of current devices used to treat glioblastoma.
Calibr at Scripps Research is celebrating a major milestone, a decade of discovery. Take a look at the past 10 years of scientific innovation, and see what the next 10 years have in store.
The California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr) is a first-of-its-kind, nonprofit translational research institute dedicated to accelerating the next generation of medicines, celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2022. Affiliated with Scripps Research—among the most innovative institutes worldwide—we spearhead drug discovery from a steady flow of pioneering science.
Our self-sustaining model encourages broad and bold exploration with far-reaching goals, yet rapid transition of our most successful, high-impact programs into the clinic. We pursue audacious and imaginative ideas—bridging scientific and technological advances to develop new medicines for unmet medical needs.
Learn more: https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-m…
@TheAmScho – Winter 2023 issue:
Fires in the West, hurricanes in the East—what it’s like on the ground as we confront our rapidly changing world
The key to avoiding an ecological catastrophe might be found in the wealth of nations and the spirit of innovation
The entrenched dichotomy at the center of the national story
Programmes to avoid deforestation could have unintentional impacts on a variety of ecosystems.
Flying devices weighing only 10 milligrams could be controlled by an unconventional set of instruments.
Game theory helps to identify genetic variants that give plants the ability to thrive in crowded conditions.
A fifth fundamental force predicted by some alternative theories of gravity has not been seen in the solar interior
The magma chamber of an enormous volcano lies closer to Earth’s surface than previously estimated.
Antibody slows cognitive decline, but deaths, brain bleeds, and swelling mar results
Enhanced resolution of SWOT satellite will highlight how small eddies soak up heat and carbon
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s early papers are subject of school and journal investigations
Population chafes at control measures, but lifting them now would carry huge risks
Biden signs bill streamlining pot studies and production
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