A study suggests the World Happiness Report’s method, focusing on wealth and power, misrepresents true happiness, indicating a need for more nuanced questions to capture the essence of well-being.Finland is consistently ranked as the...

Researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered that the supermassive black hole in quasar H1821+643 is less influential in controlling its surrounding gas and star formation than expected. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comNASA’s Chandra Identifies...

Recent research has uncovered genetic variants associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk, using whole genome sequencing to provide new insights into potential treatment pathways. This study highlights the importance of diversity in genetic research and...

The information is written in optically active atomic defects by a focused ion beam (left) and read using the cathodoluminescence or photoluminescence (right). Credit: M. Hollenbach, H. SchultheißTeam presents new path to long-term data...

By U.S. Department of Energy April 6, 2024Gallium, one of the materials the U.S. government identified as critical because of its use in many important technologies. Credit: Maxim Bilovitskiy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia...

Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft. Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) /Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)NASA’s MEGANE, developed for the MMX mission to study Mars’ moons, has been delivered to JAXA for integration, representing a...

By Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago April 6, 2024Researchers have identified a crucial mechanism in which RNA methylation affects mitochondrial function, offering promising treatment prospects for neurological disorders and cancers....

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Voyager spacecraft against a field of stars in the darkness of space. The two Voyager spacecraft are traveling farther and farther away from Earth, on a journey to interstellar...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created an adaptive brain-computer interface (BCI) with machine learning, designed to assist individuals with motor disabilities without requiring individual calibration. This breakthrough enables easier adoption...

NASA’s WB-57 jets will capture unprecedented views of the 2024 solar eclipse, studying the solar corona and ionosphere to improve understanding of solar and atmospheric dynamics.The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse will be a...