Our cerebral cortex, a sheet of neurons, connections and circuits, comprises “ancient” regions such as…
Infrared VISTA View of Stellar Nursery in Monoceros This dramatic infrared image shows the nearby…
Since the limited amount of gas survived from the first bulk star forming process will…
Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows…
A first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world’s forests in 3-D is moving toward…
As the Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, new discoveries about the giant planet continue to be…
Astronomers have detected massive clusters of galaxies dating from as early as only about three…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the…
As people age, their intestinal stem cells begin to lose their ability to regenerate. These…
Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a…
Soon after an individual’s initial infection with HIV, damage to brain volume and cortical thickness…
Perseus Cluster A gigantic and resilient “cold front” is hurtling through the Perseus galaxy cluster…
Astronomers think that our Sun was born in a stellar cluster about 4.6 billion years…
NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated a…
Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on…
A simple retinal prosthesis is being developed in collaboration between Tel Aviv University in Israel…
Over the last 25 years many scholars have questioned the existence of the kingdom of…
Researchers at CU Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may…