Large telescopes are custom-built and rare. There is no standard practice or model. Every time a large telescope is built, its designers must re-think the challenges, check every application, and ...

The Drosophila Gateway™ Vector collection is a set of 68 Gateway-based vectors designed to express epitope-tagged proteins in Drosophila culture cells or flies. At its core is Invitrogen's Gateway™ ...

Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, commonly referred to as “chemtrails” or “covert ...

Washington, DC— Major volcanic eruptions spew ash particles into the atmosphere, which reflect some of the Sun’s radiation back into space and cool the planet. But could this effect be intentionally ...

Twenty years after MESSENGER revolutionized our understanding of Mercury, project head and former Carnegie Science director Sean Solomon talks about how the mission came together and the ...

Many people have heard of Pangaea, the supercontinent that included all continents on Earth and began to break up about 175 million years ago. But before Pangaea, Earth’s landmasses ripped apart and ...

Washington, DC—Our planet’s water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and magma oceans of the planetary embryos that comprised Earth’s formative years, ...

Washington, D.C.— The majority of nitrogen-based fertilizer could be supplied by renewable-energy-driven, small-scale technologies by the end of the decade if production is decentralized according to ...

Among the many treasures held in the Carnegie Science Archives is a remarkable collection of more than 500 photographs documenting the life and work of pioneering Carnegie Science astronomer Vera ...

The. Rosa Lab's research into smarter water and nitrogen management is developing a blueprint for sustainability that will enable farmers to thrive in a warming world.

The genetic makeup of this extraordinarily hardy organism has provided researchers with a better understanding of red algal evolution and the ways in which these organisms cope with their brutal ...

What do you get when you mix stardust, rock samples, and a dozen bright undergrads? Every summer, the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory transforms into a training ground for the next ...