Climate Models Help Reconstruct the African Humid Period
Using complex modeling systems, researchers have figured out the forces that drove the dramatic increase in rainfall at the end of the last ice age…
Using complex modeling systems, researchers have figured out the forces that drove the dramatic increase in rainfall at the end of the last ice age…
Scientists at Yale and UC San Diego have discovered why typhoid toxin targets only humans, revealing a single oxygen atom is the cause. The bacterium…
Using data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory and NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered a new feature in the evolution of galaxies….
After nearly nine years and three billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto…
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster Messier 92, which is one of the oldest star clusters in the Milky Way. This striking new…
New research reveals that planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of intense…
Newly published research suggests a new strategy to control cellular identity and fate, revealing that depleting or knocking out a chemical tag on RNA keeps…
A new rotary engine from MIT startup LiquidPiston is lighter, quieter, and more efficient than its counterparts. Noise, excessive vibration, and relative inefficiency are drawbacks…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope to monitor the variability of light from 882 previously identified young stellar objects, astronomers confirm that probably all YSOs are…
With Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s recent launch of the Hayabusa2 mission, NASA and other space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for…
This new image from the Dawn spacecraft was acquired as part of a final calibration of the science camera before Dawn’s arrival at Ceres. The…
New research details how scientists used an infrared laser pulse to briefly modify the structure of a high-temperature superconductor, removing its electrical resistance at room…
A new study examines in what sense a neutron star-black hole binary could be the ‘holy grail’ for testing gravity. The intermittent light emitted by…
This newly released ESO image of the week was made using the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy. This image shows a region of…
The green light has been given for the construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope — a 39-meter aperture optical and infrared telescope sited on…
Two newly published studies detail the discovery of a precancerous state found in blood, paving the way for research that focuses on detection and prevention…
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the first study to link women, Mediterranean diet, and biomarkers of aging, revealing that greater adherence to…
Biological engineers from MIT have developed a new computer model that enables them to design the most complicated 3D structures ever made from DNA, including…