Interplanetary Storm Chasing – New Explanation for Mysterious Hexagonal Storm on Saturn
A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn. With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a…
A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn. With its dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn has been a…
DNA and RNA have been compared to “instruction manuals” containing the information needed for living “machines” to operate. But while electronic machines like computers and…
New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice. Red blood cells do more than shuttle oxygen from our lungs…
Scientists have created a detailed cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart to understand how this vital organ functions and to shed light…
Researchers say toe springs in shoes may come at a cost. The toe of most shoes, especially sneakers, bends ever so slightly upward. While that…
A new theory published recently in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University suggests that the Sun may once have had a binary…
Researchers discover Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in tusks of 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal. Among the many winter survival strategies in the animal world, hibernation is…
By manipulating ultracold molecules mid-chemical reaction, researchers crack a molecular disappearing act. In a famous parable, three blind men encounter an elephant for the first…
Harvard scientists find that the same cell types that cause goosebumps are responsible for controlling hair growth. If you’ve ever wondered why we get goosebumps,…
Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties have come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a…
Using Turbulence to Generate Frequency Combs From Small Ring Lasers We’ve all experienced turbulent air and water, but did you know light can be turbulent…
International team sketches first large-scale genomic portrait of pre-Columbian Andean civilizations. At a glance: Analysis yields the first comprehensive genomic profile of ancient populations in…
Harvard researchers detect some of the earliest evidence for modern-like plate motion. An enduring question in geology is when Earth’s tectonic plates began pushing and…
Study by the Universities of Bonn and Harvard raises doubts about basic assumption for the universe. No matter where we look, the same rules apply…
Towards an Unhackable Quantum Internet with Harvard and MIT A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and…
Scientists discover the structure of an enzyme, found in the human gut, that breaks down a component of collagen. MIT and Harvard University chemists have…
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30 thousand light-years away….
Turbulence is everywhere — it rattles our planes and makes tiny whirlpools in our bathtubs — but it is one of the least understood phenomena…