New Study Helps Explain Increased Risk of Diabetes in Shift Workers
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital links blood sugar and the internal clock, and may help develop and improve strategies for controlling glucose levels…
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital links blood sugar and the internal clock, and may help develop and improve strategies for controlling glucose levels…
In a newly published study, researchers at Rice University demonstrated that two walls are better than one when turning carbon nanotubes into materials like strong,…
Using gold nanoparticles tethered to acid-seeking compounds called pHLIPs, a team of researchers has demonstrated a more precise method for targeting cancer cells with radiation….
Using new Hubble Space Telescope imaging and VLT/MUSE integral field spectroscopy, astronomers reveal what may be the first signs of self-interacting dark matter. For the…
Chemists at MIT have developed an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in…
Using Cassini data and computer simulations, astronomers detail the source responsible for icy tendrils that reach into Saturn’s E ring. Long, sinuous, tendril-like structures seen…
In just three months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will capture the first-ever close up images and scientific observations of Pluto and its system of large…
Using a method called microlensing, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and OGLE’s Warsaw Telescope teamed up to reveal a remote gas planet that is located about…
A team of physicists has managed to make homogenous cylindrical objects completely invisible in the microwave range without relying on metamaterial coatings. The method is…
New data from Rosetta and Philae reveal that the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is not magnetized. Studying the properties of a comet can provide clues…
By stimulating both major branches of the immune system, researchers from MIT were able to halt the growth of a very aggressive form of melanoma…
New calculations indicate favorable conditions for small quantities of brine to form during some nights throughout the year on Mars. The possibility of liquid brines…
New research shows that men taking muscle-building supplements with creatine or androstenedione are more likely to develop testicular cancer. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology have developed a special staining method that brings the reconstruction of all nerve cells and their connections…
A new color map of Ceres reveals the differences in morphology and color across the surface of the dwarf planet, suggesting Ceres was once an…
New research describes the effect responsible for the development of a huge storm that erupts about every 30 years on Saturn. The long-standing mystery of…
This Hubble image of the week shows elliptical galaxy NGC 2865, which is located roughly 100 million light-years from Earth. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope…
Researchers from MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could offer a new target for the treatment of…