NuSTAR to Scan Supernovas and Help Improve Computer Simulations
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
BaBar Data Suggests Possible Flaws in the Standard Model
Initial results from BaBar data suggest that a particular type of particle decay called “B to D-star-tau-nu” happens more often than the Standard Model says…
Quantum Information is Preserved for Longer Than a Second at Room Temperature
A team of scientists successfully stored a quantum bit in a diamond crystal for more than a second at room temperature, an improvement of almost…
Hubble Image Shows Chance Alignment Between Galaxies
Though separated by tens of millions of light-years, a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of galaxies that seem to be…
Ancient Antarctica Was Much Warmer and Wetter Than Previously Suspected
In an effort to better understand what the future of climate change may look like, a team of scientists examined plant leaf wax remnants in…
Ultrasound Improvements May Help Monitor the Progression of Disease
By producing consistent images that can compensate for body motions and by providing a way to map the exact location on the skin where one…
Electrified Graphene Serves as a Shutter for Terahertz and Infrared Wavelengths of Light
New research from scientists at Rice University shows that when voltage is applied to a sheet of graphene on a silicon-based substrate it can turn…
Exploring Nanotube Growth and a Self-Healing Mechanism
A new report published by theoretical physicists suggests that under the right conditions a nanotube growing at about 1 micrometer a second at 700 kelvins…
Researchers Use Nanotechnology To Harness the Natural Light Produced by Fireflies
By designing a way to chemically attach genetically manipulated luciferase enzymes directly to the surface of nanorods, scientists at Syracuse University found a new way…
Stem Cell Biologists Grow Optic Cups From Human ESCs
In a new study from stem cell biologists at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, scientists demonstrate self-formation of optic cups and storable stratified neural…
Scientists Use Modified Version Rabies to Trace Neural Pathways in the Brain
Harvard scientists are using a genetically modified version of the rabies virus to trace neural pathways in the brain, believing that this research may lead…
Hubble Captures Image of Compact Blue Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5497
Located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, galaxy UGC 5497 is a compact blue dwarf galaxy with fast-burning stars that will…
Scientists Switch On and Off Magnetism Using Quantum Mechanics
In a newly published study, an international team of scientists described how they used quantum mechanics to switch on and off the magnetism in a…
Voyager May Become the First Human-Made Object to Enter Interstellar Space
Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft are now over 9 billion miles away from the sun. With new data indicating that the Voyager 1 has…
Worlds like Earth Could Have Formed Earlier Than Expected
Newly published research shows that planets smaller than Neptune are located around a wide variety of stars, including those with fewer heavy elements than the…
Transgenic Mosquitoes Can’t Transmit Malaria
A team of researchers from UC Irvine and the Pasteur Institute in Paris have produced a model of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito that impairs the…
Designing Circuits Containing CNTs for Highly Energy-Efficient Computing
A team of scientists at Stanford University are working to improve energy efficiency in computer circuits by using full-wafer scale digital logic structures that are…
Understanding the Internal Process That Makes Salmonella Dangerous
A recently published study examines why Salmonella becomes dangerously virulent. While examining signals from outside the bacteria, they found that changes in the level of…
