Simulations Shed Light on the Formation of Stars in the Earliest Galaxies
Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, astrophysicists ran simulations charting the forces of the universe in its first hundreds of millions of years…
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Researchers Retrieve Water and Sediment Samples from Subglacial Lake Whillans
A NSF funded research team has reached a subglacial lake and retrieved water and sediment samples that may contain microscopic life that has been isolated…
ALMA Will Allow Scientists to See the Universe Like Never Before
The largest ground-based radio telescope in the world, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), can detect hidden gases inside galaxies that might hold the key…
Alterations in Seawater Chemistry Linked With Past Climate Change
A new study found that dissolution or creation of huge gypsum deposits changed the sulfate content of the oceans, which resulted in drastic changes in…
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Headed to the Final Design Stage
With an estimated construction cost of $665M and a five-year build time, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) received approval from the National Science Board…
Breathalyzer Uses Nanotechnology to Reveal Signs of Disease
Thanks to new to ceramics nanotechnology, scientists now working with a device that can test you for biomarkers when you blow into it. Using a…
Burtele Foot Points to Other Past Hominins
The discovery of the Burtele foot fossil is leading researchers to believe that there was more than one early hominin species during the time of…
Noise Affects More Than Just Your Ears
It has long been known that noise affects animal behavior, just look at our personal reactions and behaviors when stuck in a noisy city. But…
Expedition to Atlantis Massif Yields New Information
While on IODP Expedition 340T, a team of scientists was able to measure the geophysical properties of gabbroic rocks directly in place for the first…
Past Estimates of Sea-Level Rise Lowered
Scientists agree that the ocean levels are increasing as the global temperature warms, but how high they will go is the question. By studying where…
Researcher Studies Root Growth to Develop Hardier, Weather-resistant Crops
Researcher Edgar Spalding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to figure out how to grow crops optimally suited to survive and thrive in all…
Researchers are Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa
Having too much naturally occurring fluoride in the water supply can result in darkening or mottling of the teeth and bowed legs or deformed knees…
Researchers Use Computer Simulations to Better Understand Spider Silk
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Politecnico di Torino in Italy have published a new study examining how spider webs respond…
MSU Researchers Show How New Viruses Evolve Through Mutations
Researchers at Michigan State University are studying how viruses evolve and potentially become deadly mutations. For the first time ever, scientists were able show how…
IODP Expedition 339 Reports Findings from Mediterranean Seafloor
The 35 scientists from 14 countries participating in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 339, Mediterranean Outflow, retrieved the first sediment samples from below…
