NOAA Solar Eruption Classifications
The sun erupted on January 22-23, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, captured here in a movie by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The flare…
The sun erupted on January 22-23, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, captured here in a movie by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The flare…
Rice University physicists built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium to demonstrate quantum mechanics and Newton’s…
Chemists Neal Devaraj and Itay Budin are working on the creation of a “synthetic cell.” Their goal is to create a living organism from non-living…
Using isotopes in rocks blown out of the Ubehebe Crater, scientists have discovered that this prehistoric volcanic explosion occurred far more recently than previously thought….
An ancient domesticated do skull was found in a Razboinichya cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Using an accelerator mass spectrometry and radiocarbon dating,…
One of nature’s biggest mysteries, dark energy, is being explored thanks to a deceptively simple tool that David Schlegel came up with. 2,200 aluminum plates,…
Microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs), which can simultaneously count photons, measure their energy, and record each one’s time of arrival, could eventually replace charge-coupled devices…
A boxwood blight, caused by an aggressive fungus disease, has started to invade the North American continent, after it had spread throughout Europe and New…
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a new kind of soap, composed of iron-rich salts that were dissolved in water, that responds to…
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA’s enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially…
Researchers have found that group settings can alter the expression of IQ in certain people. The researchers gathered test subjects with similar baseline IQ scores…
Smithsonian ecologists are publishing new research that shows how an orchid’s survival depends on fungi and the age of the forest that it is growing…
Neuroscientists found that mice, like humans, have distinct processing streams in visual cortical areas and plan to use this to explore more deeply the neurological…
A recent study shows how psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, affects brain activity. 30 healthy volunteers underwent MRIs while having psilocybin in their…
A research team, comprised of Sandia chemists, is researching ways to make nuclear fuel reprocessing cleaner and to reduce the volume of high-level wastes. By…
Givaudan, a Swiss flavor company, turned to MIT researchers to help them analyze their taste-test results. Since testers tend to suffer from “smell fatigue” and…
In order to search for better cures for neurological and psychiatric diseases, researchers have had to tackle the mammalian brain and its intricate complexity of…
A controversial study from 2010 was relatively refuted by a group of scientists, trying to duplicate the findings that were published in Science. Researchers have…