Dot Against the Dark – New Image of Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Mimas. As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow…
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Mimas. As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow…
A new and more precise recalculation of the normal background extinction rate reveals that the rate of extinction in the human era is as much…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have discovered how pigment cells arise and interact to form the ‘zebra’ pattern in zebrafish. The zebrafish, a small…
A newly published study details how astronomers from UC Santa Cruz used supercomputer simulations to trace the mixing of chemical elements in star-forming clouds, finding…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy PGC 54493. This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a beautiful spiral galaxy known as PGC…
A new study from Delft University reveals that tiny drums of graphene have the potential to act as memory chips in quantum computers. Scientists from…
Using the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory, physicists have revealed that the extra neutrons in a neutron-rich magnesium nucleus produce a neutron halo. Most stable…
Using a global network of radio telescopes, astronomers have measured the distance to the Pleiades at 443 light-years – accurate to within one percent. Astronomers…
New research from Yale University shows how the immune system combats superinfections, revealing a biological basis for new vaccines against sexually transmitted diseases and possibly…
Several newly published studies reveal that flies, worms, and humans share ancient patterns of gene expression. Although separated by hundreds of millions of years of…
A team of astronomers studying the surface vibrations in thirty-four young stars has found a clear relationship between seismic observables and evolutionary status, and in…
Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a huge amount of fresh dust around NGC 2547-ID8, leaving scientists to believe that two large asteroids…
Neuroscientists from MIT have identified the brain circuit that controls how memories become linked with positive or negative emotions, revealing that they could reverse the…
Research from the University of Oxford establishes that superabsorption can be achieved and sustained in certain simple nanostructures, by trapping the system in a highly…
New research shows without a doubt that white dwarf stars can reignite and explode as supernovae. Astronomers using ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory have demonstrated beyond…
For the first time, an international team of physicists has directly detected neutrinos created by the proton-proton fusion process going on at the sun’s core….
A team of researchers from UCLA has shown that a peptide mimicking part of the main protein in high-density lipoprotein may help reduce the production…
In an effort to better understand coronal mass ejections and their potential effects on human technology, a newly published study takes a detailed look a…