When Did Animals Leave Their First Footprint on Earth?
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put the first footprint on the moon. But when did animals leave the first footprint on Earth? Recently, an…
Chemical Studies Trace Interstellar Dust Back to Solar System’s Formation
Experiments conducted at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) helped to confirm that samples of interplanetary particles – collected from Earth’s…
“Therepi” Device Enables Direct Delivery of Medicine to the Heart
“Therepi” device attaches directly to damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under a patient’s skin to augment cardiac function. After a patient…
NASA to Focus on Exploration of Moon, Mars and Worlds Beyond
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is taking a giant leap focusing the agency’s exploration of the Moon, Mars and our Solar System. Effective immediately, Steve…
Scientists Link Bipolar Disorder to Mitochondrial Disease
Mutations in the gene ANT1 may confer a risk for bipolar disorder through a complex interplay between serotonin and mitochondrial signaling in the brain. These…
Scientists Discover Spinning Nanodiamonds Around Stars
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across the…
Researchers Reveal Diabetes Results From Breakdown of Epigenetic Control
Diabetes affects more than 400 million individuals worldwide. In what is becoming a paradigm shift, researchers have begun to find that the disease may result…
New 3D Printing Technique Enables Cheaper Patient-Specific Medical Research
New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis. What if you could hold a physical…
Engineers Develop New System to Provide Low-Cost Drinking Water
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant. A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide…
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Waits Out a Growing Dust Storm on Mars
Updated at 4:30 p.m. PDT on June 10, 2018 NASA engineers received a transmission from Opportunity on Sunday morning — a positive sign despite the…
Hubble Image of the Week – Strings of Homeless Stars
This sparkling Picture of the Week features a massive galaxy cluster named RXC J0232.2-4420. This image was taken by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and…
Biologists Create 3D Maps of DNA Within the Innermost Parts of a Cell
Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six feet of DNA is packaged into a tiny space 50…
New Type of Silicon Laser Uses Sound Waves to Amplify Light
Yale scientists have created a new type of silicon laser that uses sound waves to amplify light. A study about the discovery appears in the…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Ancient Organic Material on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new…
Newly Discovered Dunes on Pluto Reveal a Diverse and Dynamic Dwarf Planet
Newly discovered dunes on Pluto tell us the dwarf planet’s geology and atmosphere is far more dynamic than previously expected, with the winds of its…
Chandra Scouts Alpha Centauri for Possible Hazards
Chandra observations indicate the two brightest stars in Alpha Centauri are not pummeling any orbiting planets with large amounts of X-rays. Alpha Centauri is a…
Updated Juno Mission Allows for More Exploration of the Jovian Magnetosphere
NASA has approved an update to Juno’s science operations until July 2021. This provides for an additional 41 months in orbit around Jupiter and will…
Engineers Enhance the Interactions Between Light and Matter
A new way of enhancing the interactions between light and matter, developed by researchers at MIT and Israel’s Technion, could someday lead to more efficient…