Study Shows Sun-Like Stars Rotate Differentially
Like our sun, distant stars are rotating spheres of hot gas. Stars, however, do not rotate like solid spheres: regions at different latitudes rotate at…
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VGP Project Releases Fifteen New Genomes
The International Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) has officially launched and released 15 new reference genomes representing all five vertebrate classes – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,…
Size of Nucleolus Plays Important Role Protecting Cells Against Infection
All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called the innate immune response. But how cells do this is…
ATLAS Experiment Observes the Decay Signature of the Higgs Boson
The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has – at long last – observed the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of bottom…
AWAKE Collaboration Has Breakthrough Building New Type of Particle Accelerator
There is a good chance that soon a new door will open to physicists, offering them new insights into the mysteries of the universe. The…
Scientists Discover Possible Treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is the most common hereditary neuropathy and affects more than two million people worldwide. Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine and the…
New AI System Identifies Personality Traits from Eye Movements
Computers are gradually learning to interpret human behaviour – and can now also do so by analysing the way people use their eyes. A team…
Scientists Reveal Homo Sapiens’ Secret of Success
A new study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not ‘symbolism’ or dramatic cognitive change, but rather its unique ecological position…
Like a Huge Spiral, the Milky Way Floats in Space
For thousands of years, people have been puzzling over the milky strip that extends across the entire firmament. In the modern era, Galileo Galilei discovered…
Researchers Discover Self-Healing Mechanism in Seed Pods
An international team of researchers including members of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in the seed pods…
VLT Captures First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet PDS 70b
SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught in the act of forming in…
Air Pollution Significantly Increases Mortality in Low-Income Countries
In 2015, around 4.5 million people died prematurely from diseases attributed to ambient air pollution, including 237,000 children under the age of five from respiratory…
Astronomers Investigate Supermassive Black Hole Radio Jet In Unprecedented Detail
In the centre of the galaxy OJ 287, there is one active, super-mass-rich black hole. An international research team led by Silke Britzen of the…
Scientists Are On The Path To Making An Artificial Cell
With the integration of a rudimentary metabolic function into a tiny droplet, a step has been made towards advancing the borders of life. It is…
Scientists Discover Why People Love Foods Rich in Fats and Carbohydrates
French fries, cream cake, chips and candy bars make you fat and unhealthy. Still, we cannot keep our hands off it. Scientists at the Max…
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…
Hepatitis B Was Circulating in Europe 7,000 Years Ago
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel has…
Scientists Discover Gigantic Solar Rossby Waves on the Sun
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Göttingen has discovered gigantic swirls on the…