Twin Suns: Our Sun May Have Started Its Life with a Binary Companion
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…
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Evidence of Hibernation-Like State Discovered in Tusks of Strange 250-Million-Year-Old Antarctic Creature
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…
Ultracold Mystery Solved: Researchers Crack a Molecular Disappearing Act
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…
Charles Darwin Investigated Goosebumps – Now Harvard Scientists Discover the Real Reason Behind Them
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,…
Multifunctional Nanofiber Protects Against Explosions – For Soldiers, Firefighters, Astronauts and More
Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not from gunshot wounds but from explosions. Today, most soldiers wear a…
Order From Disorder: Harnessing Turbulence in Light to Create a High-Precision Laser
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…
First Large-Scale Genetic Analysis of Ancient Andean Civilizations
International team sketches first large-scale genomic portrait of pre-Columbian Andean civilizations. At a glance: Analysis yields first comprehensive genomic profile of ancient populations in central…
Tectonic Plates Started Shifting Earlier Than Previously Thought – At Least 3.2 Billion Years Ago
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…
Researchers Demonstrate the Missing Link for Ultra-Secure Quantum Internet
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…
Unusual Bacterial Enzyme Discovered That Could Become a New Target for Antibiotics
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…
Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
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….
Unraveling Turbulence: How Fluids Transform From Order to Disorder
Turbulence is everywhere — it rattles our planes and makes tiny whirlpools in our bathtubs — but it is one of the least understood phenomena…
Cervical Cancer Could Be Eliminated in the US Within Two Decades
Scaling up cervical cancer screening coverage in the U.S. to 90% could expedite elimination of the disease and avert more than 1,000 additional cases per…
Researchers Create ‘Intelligent’ Interaction Between Light and Material – New Form of Computing
McMaster and Harvard University researchers create ‘intelligent’ interaction between light and material, establishing a promising new platform for computing. A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard…
Life’s Frankenstein Beginnings: Surprising Discoveries About First Building Blocks of Life on Earth
New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thought. When the Earth was born, it was…
How Stress Causes Gray Hair: Harvard Scientists Solve a Biological Puzzle
Harvard Scientists Uncover Link Between the Nervous System and Stem Cells That Regenerate Pigment When Marie Antoinette was captured during the French Revolution, her hair…
Massive Wave of Stellar Nurseries Revealed by New Map of Milky Way – “No Astronomer Expected”
Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous…
A Playground for Exotic Physics, A Platform for Stable Quantum Computing
Recent research settles a long-standing debate. Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong — this is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for. Well, at least…