Yale Scientists Reveal Ebola Epidemic in Africa Poised to Explode
An international team of scientists has developed a new mathematical transmission model of the Ebola disease and applied it to Liberia’s most populous county, revealing…
New TLP Coating Repels Blood and Bacteria
Using materials already approved by the FDA, Harvard engineers have developed a new surface coating for medical devices that repels blood and suppresses biofilm formation….
Hubble Views Comet Siding Spring Passing Mars
This new composite image of comet Siding Spring was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope as Sliding Spring made its never-before-seen close passage of Mars….
New Evidence of a Possible Link Between Diabetes and the Hardening of Heart Valves
By directly viewing the effect of high blood-sugar levels on heart-valve cell metabolism for the first time, bioengineers have found new evidence of a possible…
Research Shows Ancient Kangaroos Likely Preferred Walking to Hopping
Based on a rigorous comparative analysis of kangaroo anatomy, biologists at Brown University reveal that the ancient family of sthenurine kangaroos likely preferred walking to…
New Target Finding Mechanism Allows Microscopic Devices to Autonomously Find Their Way
Researchers from MIT have developed a new target-finding mechanism that allows microscopic devices to autonomously find their way to areas of a cell surface. Nature…
Chandra X-ray Observatory Image of PSR B1509-58: Illusions in the Cosmic Clouds
First released in 2009, this Chandra image shows PSR B1509-58 – a spinning neutron star surrounded by a cloud of energetic particles. Pareidolia is the…
Ultra-Black Nano-Coating Applied to New 3D Solar Coronagraph
NASA scientists have applied new super-black carbon-nanotube coating to a 3-D component critical for suppressing stray light in a new solar coronagraph. An emerging super-black…
New Spitzer Image: Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in Infrared
A newly released image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 1291, which is located about 33 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus….
A New Self-Assembly Method for Fabricating Graphene Nanoribbons
Scientists from UCLA and Tohoku University have discovered a new self-assembly method for producing defect-free graphene nanoribbons, bringing them one step closer to revolutionizing electronics….
Scientists Discover Protein That Can Accelerate Recovery
New research from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our…
Small-Scale Jets from the Solar Chromosphere Are Possible Sources of the Solar Wind
In a newly published study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveal the detection of intermittent, small-scale jets from the solar chromosphere and their…
Chandra Celebrates a Decade and a Half in Space
To celebrate Chandra’s decade and a half in space, a variety of composite images have been released from Chandra’s archive. Every year, NASA’s Chandra X-ray…
Fermi Detects Hints of Starquakes in Magnetar ‘Storm’
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered underlying signals related to the rapid-fire “storm” of high-energy blasts detected in 2009 from…
Certain Peptides Exposed to UV Radiation Transition to More Reactive Triplet Quantum States
New research shows that certain peptides degrade under UV light by first passing through a triplet quantum state, a reactive arrangement that can cause greater…
Hearing Restored in Noise-Deafened Mice
Using advanced tools to boost the production of a key protein in the ears of mice, a team of scientists has restored the hearing of…
Research Shows Black Holes Can Block the Formation of New Stars
A new study from Johns Hopkins University reveals that massive black holes spewing out radio-frequency-emitting particles at near-light speed can block formation of new stars…
New Optical Device to Speed the Search for Earth-Like Exoplanets
A new laser-based technology known as the green astro-comb will allow astronomers to determine whether distant exoplanets they discover are rocky Earth-like worlds or less…
