Science news articles about 'puzzle'

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Officials at the Calgary Zoo remained baffled on Tuesday as they tried to puzzle out just why 34 of their stingrays suddenly died.

Scientists have genetically tweaked E. coli bacteria to create simple computers capable of solving a classic math puzzle, commonly called the “Burnt Pancake Problem.”

... puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unraveled. Although the steps of cell ...

... of carbon dioxide to the complex climate change puzzle by showing that ancient rocks can release substantial ...

... the ground recently heated up to 812 degrees continues to puzzle firefighters and geologists after weeks of monitoring ...

... (BIDMC) identifies another piece of this complex puzzle, demonstrating that the neurotransmitter GABA --one of the master communicators ...

... ) -- For the last few years, astronomers have faced a puzzle: The vast majority of asteroids that come near ...

... ” (CPST) at the Ruhr University say this is the answer to a question which has been puzzling scientists for decades; why the electrons in such plasmas ...

... reflective to radar. This unusual property has long puzzled scientists. Bellan, reporting in the August issue ...

Astronomers have long puzzled over why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Botanists say they're puzzled about why oak trees from Virginia to Kansas and north to Nova Scotia failed to produce acorns this year.

NASA's Mars rover Spirit is displaying odd behavior that puzzled engineers.

... University has worked out a mathematical solution to a biological puzzle: Why do some descendants of a parent species ...

... a unique discovery which will help us understand one of the most puzzling features of the Sun. The research has helped explain ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 25 (UPI) -- U.K. scientists say they have solved one of the most puzzling features of the sun: why its outside atmosphere is hotter than its inner photosphere.