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May 14, 2013

PAPER Array is Producing Ground-Breaking Science and Spectacular Cosmic Images

The PAPER array in South Africa’s Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve is producing ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images. Scientific studies done with the “PAPER” array, one of the world-class scientific instruments in South Africa’s Karoo Radio Astronomy Reserve, is producing ground-breaking science and spectacular cosmic images, resulting in several important articles in top astronomy journals. [...]

May 14, 2013

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NASA Looks at the Impacts of Strong Solar Flares

As solar activity continues to build up toward what is known as solar maximum, NASA details the impacts of CME’s and space weather on Earth. Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather — great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun [...]

May 13, 2013

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Curiosity Team Selects Second Drilling Location on Mars

Scientists have chosen the second drilling site for the Curiosity rover on Mars. Pasadena, California — The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days. This second drilling target, called “Cumberland,” lies about nine feet [...]

May 13, 2013

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Researchers Reverse Diabetic Symptoms in Mice

In a new study, researchers successfully engrafted insulin-producing cells into a diabetic mouse model, reversing diabetic symptoms in the animal in as little as 10 days. Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about [...]

May 13, 2013

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Meta-Analysis Identifies Four New Genetic Risk Factors for Testicular Cancer

Researchers have identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, supporting the notion that testicular cancer is a disorder of germ cell development and maturation. Philadelphia — A new study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of [...]

May 13, 2013

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Study Shows Link Between Individual Experience and Brain Structure

In a new study, neuroscientists examine how individual experiences influence the development of new neurons, leading to measurable changes in the brains of mice. How do organisms evolve into individuals that are distinguished from others by their own personal brain structure and behavior? Scientists in Dresden, Berlin, Münster, and Saarbrücken have now taken a decisive [...]

May 13, 2013

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Earthquake Doublets Reveal Changing Speed of the Earth’s Inner Core

A newly published study provides the first experimental evidence that the Earth’s inner core has rotated at a variety of different speeds and suggests that the Earth’s solid inner core rotates at a different rate than the mantle. We all know that the Earth rotates beneath our feet, but new research from ANU has revealed [...]

May 13, 2013

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BEER Algorithm Identifies Exoplanet Kepler-76b

Using the BEER algorithm, which relies on Einstein’s special theory of relativity, scientists discovered a new exoplanet known as Kepler-76b. Cambridge, Masschusetts – Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) [...]

May 13, 2013

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Hubble Views Galaxy 2MASX J05210136-2521450

This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy 2MASX J05210136-2521450. When we look into the distant cosmos, the great majority of the objects we see are galaxies: immense gatherings of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter, showing up in all kind of shapes. This Hubble picture registers several, but the galaxy cataloged [...]

May 10, 2013

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Researchers Improve Spin Coherence Time of Nitrogen Vacancy Centers

In a new study, researchers demonstrate an improvement of more than two orders of magnitude in the spin coherence time of nitrogen-vacancy centers as compared with previous measurements. The findings could advance quantum sensing, enable squeezing and many-body entanglement, and open a path to simulating driven, interaction-dominated quantum many-body Hamiltonians. From brain to heart to [...]

May 10, 2013

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Protein Makes Old Hearts Younger, Reverses Some Effects of Aging

Researchers have identified a protein in the blood of mice and humans that may prove to be the first effective treatment for a form of age-related heart failure, finding in mice that hearts reduced in size and thickness and resembled healthy hearts of younger mice when the protein GDF-11 was injected. Two Harvard Stem Cell [...]

May 10, 2013

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Physicists Discover First Direct Evidence of Pear Shaped Nuclei in Exotic Atoms

A newly published study details the how physicists discovered the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms, a finding that could help explain why the Big Bang created more matter than antimatter. Ann Arbor — An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic [...]