Diogenites Provide Clues of the Earliest Days of Our Solar System
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science are focusing on an old type of meteorite called diogenites to gain a better understanding of the earliest…
Alterations in Seawater Chemistry Linked With Past Climate Change
A new study found that dissolution or creation of huge gypsum deposits changed the sulfate content of the oceans, which resulted in drastic changes in…
“Bath Salts” Effects on the Brain Are Comparable to Cocaine
As the use of synthetic stimulants collectively known as “bath salts” continues, a new study suggests that mephedrone and drugs like it may have significant…
Insects Help Scientists Understand the Predictability of Evolution
A newly published study by Cornell scientists details how they examined insect species that feed on plants containing powerful toxins called cardenolides to better under…
Newly Discovered Gamma-Ray Pulsar J1838-0537
By employing new optimal algorithms on their ATLAS computer cluster to help go through Fermi data, scientists from the Max Planck Institute discovered the 5,000…
Satellites Confirm Extensive Ice Sheet Melt in Greenland
Using data from three independent satellites to analyze the extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet, NASA and university scientists found that ice melting…
New Class of Proteins Inhibit HIV Infection in Cell Cultures
A newly published study details how Yale scientists constructed an entirely new class of proteins that inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures. Yale Cancer Center…
Image of the Aurora Australis Over Concordia Station
A recent image taken by Alexander Kumar and his colleague Erick Bondoux shows the Aurora Australis, also known as the southern lights, over Concordia Station….
Experimental Evidence Verifies High-Pressure Structure for Cold-Compressed Graphite
Using high-pressure experiments, Yale researchers confirmed in a published study the structure of cold-compressed graphite for the first time, possibly opening the door for uses…
Nanotechnology Used to Create “Magnetic Domain-Wall Ratchet” Memory
A newly published study details how scientists at the Eindhoven University of Technology developed “magnetic domain-wall ratchet” memory, computer memory that is built up from…
Medusoid, A Tissue-Engineered Jellyfish with the Ability to Swim
After thoroughly studying jellyfish propulsion, including the arrangement of their muscles, how their bodies contract and recoil, and how fluid-dynamic effects help or hinder their…
Accretion Around TW Hydrae – A Relatively Young Star
While studying TW Hydrae, a relatively young star in the TW Hydrae stellar association, astronomers were able to track an accretion flare spectroscopically, providing direct…
Genomic Analysis of Colon Cancer Reveals New Potential Drug Targets
A new genome-scale analysis to characterize somatic alterations in colorectal carcinoma is the largest analysis of its kind, involving more than 150 researchers at dozens…
How Airports Will Influence the Spread of a Contagious Disease
By focusing on the initial days of an epidemic and determining how likely the largest U.S. airports are to influence the spread of a contagious…
Hubble Captures a New Image of Messier 107
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of globular star cluster Messier 107, which is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. The NASA/ESA…
First Whole-Cell Computational Model of the Life Cycle of an Organism
Using data from more than 900 scientific papers, a team of Stanford researchers produced the first whole-cell computational model of the life cycle of the…
NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona
With a resolution that is roughly five times more detailed than the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly instrument flying aboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA’s High Resolution…
Marine Reserves Enhance Resilience to Climatic Impacts & Aid in Ecosystem Recovery
A new study from scientists at Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals scientific evidence suggesting that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts,…