Astronomers Identify Gas Around Modern Galaxies
Using Hubble’s two ultraviolet spectrographs, researchers from the University of Notre Dame have identified gaseous streams near galaxies through the absorption they imprint on the…
Needle-Like Carbon Nanofibers May Aid in New Drug Delivery Systems
In an effort to find a new way to deliver precise doses of drugs to specific targets, scientists at North Carolina State University developed a…
New Study Questions Link Between Heavy Cannabis Use and Declining IQ
A newly published study contradicts the findings from a previous study that suggested that heavy cannabis use as a teenager lowers the person’s IQ by…
New Chandra Video Shows the Vela Pulsar in Action
A new video from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the Vela pulsar, a neutron star that is 12 miles in diameter, located about 1,000 light-years…
Study Links Diet Soda With Depression in Older Adults
In a new study, scientists found that older adults who drank at least four cups of diet soda a day were 31 percent more likely…
Brazilian Bikini Waxes Aid the Decline of Pubic Lice
It appears that college students, and the general public, have one less sexually transmitted health issue to worry about. Recent reports indicate that pubic…
Scientists Develop Glass Nanofibers That Are 15 Times Stronger Than Steel
Scientists at the Optoelectronics Research Center have developed strong, lightweight silica nanofibers that are 15 times stronger than steel and can be manufactured in lengths…
Ingestible Pill-Sized Imaging System Provides 3D View of the Esophageal Wall
Scientists have developed an ingestible pill-sized device that will provide doctors with a 3D view of the esophagus. The capsule is attached to a string-like…
New VISTA Image Shows Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
Captured using ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, this new image shows 47 Tucanae, also known as NGC 104, a bright and massive…
Yale Physicists Observe Quantum Information While Preserving Its Integrity
Yale physicists have taken a step forward in quantum computing by developing a new, non-destructive measurement system for observing, tracking and documenting all changes in…
US Ichthyologists Claim Political Interference
US fisheries scientists are claiming that a supervisor threatened to eliminate their research division after the team had produced controversial model predictions of the survival and…
Butterflies That Expend The Most Energy Live The Longest
The more energy a creature uses, the more free radicals and other unstable, cell-damaging molecules its body produces. In many cases this can shorten the…
Hubble Views Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5477
Created from a combination of exposures from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, this new Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy NGC 5477 and the clouds of…
Australian Heat Wave Causes Gadgets to Fail
The Australian heat wave is getting so hot that Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology had to add new colors to its weather map. There are parts…
Leptocephalus, The Transparent Eel Larva
The marine eels and other members of the Superorder Elopomorpha have a leptocephalus larval stage, which are flat and transparent. This group is quite diverse,…
Sequencing of Comb Jellies’ DNA Reveals That They Preceded Sponges
Genome-sequencing data indicates that sponges were preceded by ctenophores, complex marine predators also called comb jellies. The scientists presented their findings at the annual meeting…
The Large Quasar Group, the Largest Structure in the Universe
At 4 billion light-years in length, the Large Quasar Group (LQG) is the largest known structure in the universe and is some 1600 times larger…
Kepler Data Suggests 17 Billion Earth-Sized Worlds in the Milky Way
According to a new study presented at the American Astronomical Society, one in six stars has an Earth-sized planet in an orbit of 85 days…