Neutrino Produced in a Cosmic Collider Far Away
Link between IceCube neutrino event and distant radio galaxy resolved The neutrino event IceCube 170922A, detected at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole,…
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Forgotten Pathway Adds a New Dimension to the Global Carbon Cycle
Something old, something new in the ocean’s blue: The discovery of a forgotten metabolic pathway adds a new dimension to the global carbon cycle. Microbiologists…
The Science of a Hit Song – Unlocking the Secrets of Musical Pleasure
Why is it that people find songs such as James Taylor’s “Country Roads,” UB40’s “Red, Red Wine,” or The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” so irresistibly enjoyable?…
Scientists Measure Mouse Personality and Map Traits to Their Genetics
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany, together with colleagues at the Weizmann Institute of Sciencein Israel have developed a computational…
Discovery of Ancient Cosmic Gas Cloud Reveals the Universe’s First Stars Formed Quickly
The discovery of a 13 billion-year-old cosmic cloud of gas enabled a team of Carnegie astronomers to perform the earliest-ever measurement of how the universe…
Topological Quantum States in Graphene Created by Laser Pulses
Discovering ways to control the topological aspects of quantum materials is an important research frontier because it can lead to desirable electrical and spin transport…
Deep Inside the Brain: Unraveling Dense Networks in the Cerebral Cortex [Video]
Researchers use 3-dimensional electron microscopy to map the local connectome in the cerebral cortex. Mammalian brains, with their unmatched number of nerve cells and density…
Brains in People With Autism Are More Symmetrical
The left and right halves of our brains develop differently, as each hemisphere ‘specializes’ in certain functions. For example, for most people, the left hemisphere—controlling…
New X-Ray Telescope Reveals the Beauty of the Hidden Universe
The scientific performance demonstrated in the first weeks of operations of the eROSITA X-ray telescope promises a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic Universe….
Revolutionary Way to Search for Elusive Dark Matter: “Hear” It Through “Axion Radio”
Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionize the search for the…
Astronomers Observe Two Young Suns Collecting Matter in a Binary System
Food for young twin stars: Astronomers observe how two suns collect matter in a binary system Stars are born in the midst of large clouds…
Detailed Insights on the Disappearance of the World’s Largest Mammals From Microscopic Evidence
New, state-of-the-art methods provide detailed insights into the timing and causes of ‘megafauna’ extinctions in the past. Understanding the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary…
A Cosmic Pretzel: Twin Baby Stars Grow Among a Twisting Network of Gas and Dust
Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped network of…
Do Children’s Brains Really Get Thinner? Neuroscientists Striking Results Are Unexpected.
Neuroscientists provide striking results that suggest the brains of children likely do not thin as much as expected. Using state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, Vaidehi Natu…
Powerful Pulsating Gamma Rays Emitted From Neutron Star Rotating an Incredible 707 Times a Second
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely at the system and raise new questions. An international research…
Scientists Develop Solution for Transparent Electronic Devices
Scientists develop solution processable ferroelectric nylons. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) led by Dr. Kamal Asadi have solved a four-decade long…
New Concept for Self-Assembling Mobile Micromachines
In the future, designers of micromachines can utilize a new effect. A team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in…
Astronomers Discover 18 Earth-Sized Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), the Georg August University of Göttingen, and the Sonneberg Observatory have discovered 18 Earth-sized…