NASA Releases New Video and Imagery of Asteroid Mission
NASA has released new images and a three minute video showing the crew operations on NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission. Concept animation showing the crew…
Researchers Transform Human Scar-Tissue Into Heart-Muscle Cells
A newly published study from scientists at the Gladstone Institutes details how researchers transformed the class of cells that form human scar tissue into those…
New Daya Bay Collaboration Results about the Transformations of Neutrinos
Scientists from the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment have announced the latest results, including high-precision measurement of subatomic shape shifting and new results on differences among…
New Flicker Technique Measures Surface Gravity of Distant Stars
A new technique developed by astronomers simplifies the measurement of a star’s surface gravity using its light flickers, which enhances our understanding of its physical…
WISE Spacecraft Will Be Reactivated to Hunt for Asteroids
NASA plans to reactivate the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to help identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as asteroids suitable for…
Fermi Enters Extended Phase of Its Mission – A Deeper Study of the High-Energy Cosmos
NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope completes five years of space exploration, now scientists prepare for several more years of observations as Fermi enters an extended phase…
New 3D Graphene Material – An Inexpensive Replacement for Platinum in Solar Cells
A team of researchers has developed a 3D graphene material with a honeycomb-like structure that can replace the platinum in dye-sensitized solar cells without degrading…
New PVP Binder Improves Lithium-Ion Battery Life
Using a new binder, known by the initials PVP, researchers at SLAC and Stanford created a cathode that lasted five times longer than earlier designs,…
NASA Detects Earth Directed Coronal Mass Ejection
The post has been updated to reflect another CME that was detected on August 21, 2013, at 1:24 am EDT….Scroll to the bottom of the…
Drug Candidate SR9009 Increases Exercise Endurance
A new drug candidate, SR9009, has been shown to significantly increase exercise endurance in animal models. Researchers believe these findings may lead to better treatments…
New Theory Shows How ‘Zombie Vortices’ Play a Role in Star Formation
A new theory from researchers at UC Berkeley explains how “zombie vortices” help lead to the birth of a new star. Reporting in the journal…
Ape-Like RoboSimian Robot in Development
This two minute video shows the early development of RoboSimian, an ape-like robot being developed as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. RoboSimian is an…
Earliest Known Iron Artifacts Were Made from Meteoritic Iron
Archaeologists from the University College London have discovered ancient Egyptian iron beads that were made from meteoritic iron, rather than iron ore. Researchers have shown…
Research Shows NEETs Are Prime Suspects in Breast Cancer Proliferation
A newly published study from an international team of scientists found that reducing the expression of a pair of proteins known as NEETs, NAF-1, and…
Researchers Sequence Genome of Human’s Closest Invertebrate Relative
Stanford researchers have sequenced the genome of mankind’s closest invertebrate relative, Botryllus schlosseri – a small sea creature that can regenerate its entire body from…
ALMA Gets a Close-Up View of Starbirth
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have captured a close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star, discovering that its jets are…
Australia’s Role in Sea Level Drop in 2010 – 2011
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
Cardiac Stem Cells Offer New Ways to Prevent and Treat Heart Failure
A newly published study shows for the first time that if cardiac stem cells are eliminated, the heart is unable to repair itself after damage….