NuSTAR’s 9,000 Mirrors are Only 200 Microns Thick
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has a total of 9,000 individual mirror segments that are only 200 microns thick and will be the first…
Iron-Based Crystal Superconductor Breaks High-Temperature Record
Superconductivity, a phenomenon that works only at temperatures close to absolute zero, has been proven to work at higher temperatures, as much as 70 kelvin….
Zelboraf Nearly Doubles Median Survival Time for Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
New research shows that the approved drug Zelboraf nearly doubles the median survival time for patients with metastatic melanoma. By following 132 patients, researchers found…
Human Y-Chromosome Has Enough Genes to Stay for Millions of Years
The male-sex determining Y chromosome is here to stay, having lost only one gene in the last 25 million years, a new study of human…
Penn Researchers Build a Circuit with Light
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing circuitry forward by replacing electricity with light. By moving to shorter wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, they…
Possible Mistakes Found in Faster Than Light Neutrino Measurement
Back in September, the revolutionary claim that the OPERA collaboration had measured neutrinos traveling faster than the speed has light is now in doubt, as…
Researchers Believe Triceratops had Upright Forelimbs
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and the Royal Veterinary College have published findings showing that Triceratops had upright forelimbs like larger mammals, not splayed…
KIPAC Study Suggests Large Number of “Nomad Planets”
A recent study by researchers at the Kavli Institute for Particle Physics and Cosmology (KIPAC) suggests that for every typical star in our galaxy, there…
Researchers Discover Two New Proteins Responsible for Blood Type
Researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered two new proteins, ABCB6 and ABCG2, responsible for a basic blood type. This solves the mystery of…
Researchers Work on Nanopatterned Surfaces to Improve Efficiency of Power Plants
A MIT research team published new findings on their analysis of condensation mechanisms. By using nanopatterned surfaces, the researcher offers new insights into how the…
Earth’s Clouds are Getting Lower, May be in Response to Global Warming
Researchers analyzed NASA satellite data from 2000 – 2010 and found that the global average cloud height declined by around one percent over the decade,…
Study Confirms Low Levels of Fallout from Fukushima in the US
A nationwide study released today showed that fallout from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility in Japan was measured in minimal amounts in precipitation…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered buckyballs in a solid form around a pair of stars called “XX Ophiuchi,” 6,500 light-years from…
Microfluidic Device Can Isolate Target Cells Faster than Existing Devices
Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated a new microfluidic device that can isolate target cells much faster than existing devices and may…
NIST Researches the Use of Switching Mechanisms
Using ferromagnetic metals for the electrodes, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology built a layered switching device to better…
Researchers Discover that WoW Boosts Cognitive Functioning in Some Older Adults
Researchers at North Carolina State University discovered that playing World of Warcraft boosted cognitive functioning for some older adults. By comparing the cognitive function of…
NASA’s Chandra Finds 20 Million MPH Wind
Researchers recently made two unanticipated findings when making observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. They clocked the fastest wind ever seen blowing off a disk…
Researchers Discover Proteins Responsible for Cancer Cell Movement
While observing breast cancers cells in culture, researchers at Cornell University identified two key proteins, Hsp70 and tTG, that are responsible for cell migration. By…
