Yale Study Shows Video Games Can Have Lasting Impact on Learning
New research from Yale University shows that a computer-based brain training program helps improve student performance in reading and math — in some cases even…
New research from Yale University shows that a computer-based brain training program helps improve student performance in reading and math — in some cases even…
In a newly published study, a team of astronomers call attention to a neglected riddle of the expansion of the universe: although cosmic acceleration might…
This newly released Hubble image shows lenticular galaxy PGC 83677, which is located 300 million light-years away. A lone source shines out brightly from the…
A new infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope may remind fans of Star Trek. Since ancient times, people have imagined familiar objects when gazing…
Astronomers may have detected the slowest spinning neutron star to date. The object is in the middle of the RCW 103 supernova remnant, which is…
New images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft peer through the haze that surrounds Titan, revealing dunes and other interesting features. New scenes from a frigid alien…
An international team of astronomers has revealed the unusual mix of stars in the stellar cluster known as Terzan 5. The new results indicate that…
New research shows that a recently discovered mysterious X-ray signal most likely originates from sulfur ions, not from dark matter. A mysterious X-ray signal from…
This newly released image shows spiral galaxy Messier 98, which is located about 50 million light-years away. The color blue has many associations — coldness,…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory viewed both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, but…
A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way’s satellite…
Researchers from MIT have found a way to make pesticides stick to leaves instead of bouncing off, helping to reduce runoff pollution. When farmers spray…
Juno’s recent flyby of Jupiter has provided astronomers with images unlike anything previously seen. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s…
A team of scientists from UC San Diego have discovered an easy and efficient way to coax human pluripotent stem cells to regenerate bone tissue…
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. The small robot — nicknamed the “octobot” — could pave…
In this six-minute ESOcast video astronomers discuss the newly discovered Proxima b and the possibility of life outside our solar system. The Pale Red Dot…
Engineers from MIT and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have developed a new solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material…
Scientists at Yale University reveal promising new target for drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. When the body’s cells don’t respond normally to insulin —…