USA Trails Latin American and Asian Cities in Climate Change Preparation
A new survey from MIT is the first to systematically investigate the efforts of cities around the globe to adapt to climate change, showing that…
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Venus Moves Between the Earth and the Sun on June 5, 2012
Tomorrow, June 5, 2012, will provide astronomers and enthusiasts with a chance to view a very rare phenomenon known as the Venus Transit, which doesn’t…
Cryptogamic Covers Take Up Huge Amounts of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
New research from the Max Planck Institute examines the role of cryptogamic covers in the global exchange of oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Covering approximately 30%…
The Mysterious Dusty Plasma Plumes of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
The Cassini-Huygens mission uncovered some strange phenomena on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Located far from Sol and an unlikely candidate to find liquid water, scientists found…
X-Ray Echoes Demonstrate the Reality of Relativistic Reverberation
Limited by today’s telescope technology, an international team of astronomers looked for another way to probe supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. By analyzing data…
Growing Genetically Engineered Stingrays for Footwear Raises Ethical Concerns
A company called Rayfish Footwear claims to bring consumers shoes made out of genetically engineered stingrays. The resulting shoes look very distinctive, but there has…
“Schrödinger’s Hat” Conceals Matter Waves Inside an Invisible Container
An international team working to understand invisibility and extend its possible applications has now devised an amplifier, “Schrödinger’s hat,” that can boost light, sound or…
High-Energy UV Radiation Triggers Methane on Mars
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute believe that they now know where the methane on Mars is originating from. In their published work, the scientists…
Viruses Attack Mitochondria to Travel and Spread Within the Nervous System
Observed for the first time in neurons, biologists from Princeton University documented common strains of the herpes virus indirectly taking control of a cell’s mitochondria….
Olympicene, the Smallest Possible Five-Ringed Structure
The smallest five-ringed structure possible is about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair, and it was created by a collaboration between the Royal Society…
Gamma-Ray Beams Suggest Milky Way’s Central Black Hole Had Active Past
NASA’s Fermi space telescope captured evidence of two gamma-ray beams that extend from the galactic center to a distance of 27,000 light-years above and below…
1930s Photos Reveal History of Greenland Glaciers
Rediscovered aerial photos of Greenland from the 1930s have allowed scientists to construct the history of the glacier retreat and advance in the area. The…
Berkeley Lab Reports Direct Observation of Oriented Attachment in Nanocrystal Growth
A team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first direct observation of “jump-to-contact” between nanoparticles, the critical step in oriented…
Cancer Cells May Grow More Easily than Thought
Geneticists at Harvard Medical School have discovered how a deletion in one gene from one parent, called a “hemizygous” deletion, can contribute to cancer, suggesting…
Researchers Identify BAD as Key Seizure-Suppressing Protein
New research from the Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute examines why a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates can reduce…
Needleless Device Jet-Injects Drugs at the Speed of Sound
By using a design that incorporates a small, powerful magnet surrounded by a coil of wire that’s attached to a piston inside a drug ampoule,…
Physical Properties of Stem Cells Predict What They Will Become
New research from Brown University shows that the physical properties of adult stem cells derived from fat, such as liposuction waste, can predict whether they…
Oxygen Depletion and Acidification Accelerate Coral Death
To better understand how to protect coral reefs, a team of microbiologists are investigating how environmental changes, such as oxygen depletion and ocean acidification, create…
