First Spectroscopic Measurements of Antihydrogen
A new study published today shows the first measurements of the antihydrogen spectrum. The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has been researching antimatter and has routinely…
A new study published today shows the first measurements of the antihydrogen spectrum. The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has been researching antimatter and has routinely…
It appears that deafness penetrates much more rapidly and deeply into the brain than previously thought. While studying songbirds, neurologists discovered that when their hearing…
The GRAIL spacecraft has officially begun its science phase and will map the gravity field of the moon three times over the next 84 days,…
Paleontologists have discovered a new wildly snaggle-toothed skull in northeast China that belonged to previously unknown flying reptile. It was named Guidraco venator, which is…
Ötzi’s DNA has finally been sequenced. An international team published the almost complete DNA of the Iceman Ötzi from the Tyrolean Alps in the journal…
Topological insulators, such as sheets of bismuth selenide, are ultra-thin sheets of material that are transparent, flexible, and highly conductive. Scientists at the SLAC National…
New research published today in the journal Cell Metabolism indicates that endocannabinoids might enable organisms to stay thin without the need for exercise or diets….
Scientists are studying hot flow anomalies, HFAs, and their effect on the planet Venus. Unlike Earth, Venus is without a magnetic field and although the…
The elusive Higgs boson might have been spotted in the data collected by the Tevatron, a now shuttered collider at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. The…
Neurologists just took another step forward in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. While studying mice, they discovered that the antibodies that block the function of…
Missed by previous surveys, astronomers using FourStar found 30 red galaxies, which form the earliest known “galaxy city” in the universe, located 10.5 billion light-years…
Durand Fish, a professor in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, discusses ticks and the associated health…
According to the first-ever continent-wide risk assessment, climate change and the increasing number of visitors are putting the Antarctic ecosystems at risk. The research team…
New software for creating advanced 3D characters like those seen in blockbuster films will allow inexperienced users a chance to create their own movie magic….
NASA is set to launch five rockets to study the high-speed winds and electrical turbulence of the high-altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles…
DARPA’s newest “Cheetah” robot set a new land speed record for legged robots when it galloped at speeds of 18 miles per hour, besting the…
The Middle Cambrian Pikaia gracilens, from 505 million years ago, was a fish-like worm, which has the possible dubious distinction of being one of humanity’s…
It’s been reported that fruit bats in Guatemala are hosting a new type of the influenza A virus, according to a new study published in…