Einstein@Home Project Discovers 24 New Pulsars in Archival Data
Using the combined computing power of 200,000 private PCs, the Einstein@Home project discovered 24 new pulsars in archival data. The combined computing power of 200,000…
Using the combined computing power of 200,000 private PCs, the Einstein@Home project discovered 24 new pulsars in archival data. The combined computing power of 200,000…
By using a new method, which modified an established approach to generate so-called neuroectoderm, scientists were able to grow human brain tissue in a three-dimensional…
Scientists view a rare multiple quasar imaging event caused by the effects of a cloud of ionized gas in the Milky Way Galaxy. For the…
Using data from HMI, scientists compared the helioseismology results measured at four different heights within the sun’s surface, finding the long-sought equatorward flow inside the…
In a newly published study, scientists detail how they developed a new nanobiocomposite material using Morpho butterfly wings and carbon nanotubes. Leveraging the amazing natural…
Using laser light in a vacuum, physicists were able to spin a microscopic sphere up to 600 million RPM, creating the fastest rotating man-made object….
In a new study, scientists reveal that -20°C (-4°F) is the lowest temperature at which simple life can live and grow on Earth. The study,…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have discovered that the brain uses the cortex for making sensory associations, not the hippocampus. ‘Where’ and ‘how’ memories…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have identified the star HIP 102152 as the oldest solar twin known to date. An international team led by…
NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully used autonomous navigation for the first time this week. Pasadena, California – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for…
A team of researchers has found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath…
In a newly published study, researchers tested the effects of reducing ether lipids on human skin cancer cells and primary breast tumors, finding that inactivating…
By comparing data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory with infrared observations by the Spitzer and Herschel space telescopes, astronomers discovered an almost linear relationship between…
Scientists solve a biological mystery about the common genesis of many serious diseases, discovering a trigger to important biologic responses such as the control of…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is celebrating its tenth year in space, where it has studied comets and asteroids, scrutinized planets and galaxies, and even discovered…
A new study from the University of Oxford looks at the possibility of human colonization throughout the universe. Scientists as eminent as Stephen Hawking and…
In a newly published study, University of Washington researchers detail the first-ever accurate determination of a solid-state triple point in vanadium dioxide. It is well…
This new composite image from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory shows the Orion A star-formation cloud. This new view of the Orion A star-formation cloud from…