Theoretical Physicists Devise Rules for More Effective Teleportation
In a newly published study, a team of theoretical physicists from Cambridge, University College London and the University of Gdansk detail a generalized form…
Hubble Views the Large Magellanic Cloud and Its Star Forming Regions
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud and the many star-forming regions within it. Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic…
Elephants Are More Likely to Die at the Hands of Humans Than From Natural Causes
According to a 14-year study, adult elephants in northern Kenya are more likely to die at the hands of humans than from natural causes. George…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Edges Closer to Liftoff
The most powerful space telescope ever built, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is still is on track for an October 2018 liftoff as it met…
Soot’s Role in Climate Change Underestimated
A new comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the role of black carbon, aka soot, in the climate system found that the direct warming effect of…
Study Finds That “Whole Grain” Foods Aren’t Always a Healthy Choice
A new study from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health is the first to empirically evaluate the healthfulness of whole-grain foods based on…
Marine Bacteria Are Not Homogenous Populations in the Ocean
New research from scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory shows that marine bacteria are not just homogenous populations in the ocean and that different bacteria…
A Step Towards a Possible Alzheimer’s Vaccine, Researchers Eliminate Up to 80% of Senile Plaques in Mice
Researchers at the Université Laval have shown that the molecule MPL (monophosphoryl lipid A) can eliminate up to 80% of the senile plaques associated with…
Sulfur Cathodes Set a World Record for Energy Storage
Using a sulfur cathode made of nanoparticles where each tiny sulfur nugget is surrounded by a hard shell of porous titanium dioxide, researchers at Stanford…
New ESO Image Shows Lupus 3
A new image from the European Southern Observatory shows Lupus 3, a cloud that contains huge amounts of cool cosmic dust and a place where…
DARPA Demonstrates the Most Complex 2D Optical Phased Array Ever
By developing new microfabrication techniques, scientists at DARPA have integrated all the components of an optical phased array into a miniature 2D chip configuration, which…
Curiosity Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock
If all goes as planned, NASA’s Curiosity rover may drill its first rock sample in the coming days, providing scientists with important details about the…
UCLA Study Shows Childhood Obesity Linked to More Health Problems Than Previously Thought
By analyzing data on over 43,000 children between the ages 10 and 17, new research from UCLA shows that obese children are at nearly twice…
Gene Flow Between Indian Populations and Australia Occurred 4,000 Years Ago
A newly published study led by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology found evidence that substantial gene flow between Indian populations and…
Engineers at SEAS Develop a Microelectronic Device That Mimics Functions of Real Cells
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a microelectronic device that controls the flow of ions through a nanometer channel…
Astronomers Identify the First “Bone” of the Milky Way
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have identified a new structure in the Milky Way: a long tendril of dust and gas that they…
Astronomers Identify Gas Around Modern Galaxies
Using Hubble’s two ultraviolet spectrographs, researchers from the University of Notre Dame have identified gaseous streams near galaxies through the absorption they imprint on the…
Needle-Like Carbon Nanofibers May Aid in New Drug Delivery Systems
In an effort to find a new way to deliver precise doses of drugs to specific targets, scientists at North Carolina State University developed a…
