NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers 11 New Extrasolar Systems with 26 Exoplanets
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems, with an additional 26 confirmed planets, which actually doubles the number of verified Kepler planets and…
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems, with an additional 26 confirmed planets, which actually doubles the number of verified Kepler planets and…
A new study published in Science shows that prion diseases, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), are able to jump…
While it might sound like science-fiction, the idea that the Universe is embedded in a broader multidimensional space is something that cosmologists have been pondering….
Due to extreme cold and little sunlight near the north and south poles, scientists believe the giant asteroid Vesta could contain water ice that has…
NASAA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is one step closer to its March launch. The NuSTAR was shipped to the Vandenberg Air Force Base…
A research team of physicists is hoping to demonstrate through experiment their theory describing how to both detect weak electrical signals and cool electrical circuits…
Jacques Cousteau warned that humans were having a negative impact on coral reefs. Some three decades later, ecologist and biology professor Phil Dustan has witnessed…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the world’s first “atomic X-ray laser.” By aiming SLAC’s Linac Coherent…
Cornell researchers are using exploratory surgeries on mice to further their understanding of spinal cord injuries. By surgically implanting a window with a transparent panel…
Physicists from the Quantum Many-Body Systems division at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in collaboration with theoretical physicists from the University of Geneva have…
MIT researchers are studying how viruses use bacteria to support the replication of their own DNA. Viruses in phosphorus-starved regions of the ocean are able…
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute and the California Institute of Technology are studying how transparent roundworms communicate. In a new study, they report that…
Scientists are using powerful lasers to mimic the effects of supernovae, which are helping to reveal how the magnetic fields of galaxies may have been…
A new study has shown that skin cells harvested from patients with Alzheimer’s disease can be reprogrammed to form brain cells, offering clues to dementia…
If prehistoric hunters and gatherers had access to social networking sites, they would probably end up with networks that looked identical to modern ones, according…
After years of progress, scientists are now coming closer and closer to making real-world objects disappear from view. Researchers from the University of Texas at…
Experiments carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory allowed scientists to control a 2-million-degree piece of matter. Researchers used…
Brigham Young University geologist Jani Radebaugh, alongside researchers from NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory, has put forth a plan that would send a done…