Targeted Isolation May Be the Most Effective Way to Reduce Transmission of Ebola
New research led by the Yale School of Public Health shows that isolating 75% of infected individuals in critical condition within four days of symptom…
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Dietary Cocoa Flavanols Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline in Older Adults
A new study from Columbia University Medical Center shows that dietary cocoa flavanols reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older adults. New York, New York…
Astronomers Create 3D Map of the Distant Universe
Using a new technique similar to x-ray computer-tomographic imaging, a team of astronomers has created the first three-dimensional map of the adolescent Universe – just…
Fermi Detects Hints of Starquakes in Magnetar ‘Storm’
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered underlying signals related to the rapid-fire “storm” of high-energy blasts detected in 2009 from…
Research Shows Black Holes Can Block the Formation of New Stars
A new study from Johns Hopkins University reveals that massive black holes spewing out radio-frequency-emitting particles at near-light speed can block the formation of new…
Chip-Scale Device Enables Yale Engineers to ‘See Without Looking’
Engineers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a chip-scale device that uses the wave-particle duality of single photons to sense…
Saturn’s Moon Mimas May Have a Liquid Water Ocean Beneath the Surface
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveal that Saturn’s moon Mimas may have a liquid water ocean beneath the moon’s impact-battered surface. A new study…
21-Day Quarantine Might Not Be Enough to Prevent the Spread of Ebola
A new study from Drexel University suggests that 21 days might not be enough to completely prevent the spread of Ebola, revealing that there could…
APEX Telescope Reveals Star Formation in Unexpected Places
A team of astronomers used the APEX telescope to probe the Spiderweb Cluster, revealing that much of the star formation taking place is hidden by…
Herschel Observations and Simulations of the Debris Disk Around Tau Ceti
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studied the debris disc around τ Ceti, revealing that a Jupiter-mass planet could not be present in this…
NASA Prepares For Comet’s Close Encounter with Mars
NASA is preparing its science fleet for comet Sliding Spring’s close encounter with Mars, which will occur on October 19 when Sliding Spring passes within…
Yale Engineers Develop Hybrid System for Quantum Communication
Using microwaves and magnets, researchers at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science developed a hybrid system for quantum communication. Yale engineers have developed…
NuSTAR Discovers Brightest Pulsar to Date
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have detected the brightest pulsar to date, located about 12 million light-years away in the galaxy Messier 82….
Satellite Records Show Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Record Maximum
Long-term satellite records show that the five-day average of Antarctic sea ice extent reached a new record high this year. This year, Antarctic sea ice…
Genetic History of HIV Reveals the Pandemic’s Origins
A newly published study from Oxford University and the University of Leuven reveals that the HIV pandemic with us today is almost certain to have…
NASA’s GRAIL Mission Solves a Lunar Mystery Almost as Old as the Moon Itself
Using new data obtained by NASA’s GRAIL mission, astronomers discovered that a volcanic plume, not an asteroid, likely created the moon’s largest basin. Early theories…
NASA’s Swift Detects a Massive Superflare from a Red Dwarf Star
NASA’s Swift satellite detected a massive superflare from a red dwarf star in the binary system DG CVn. The initial blast was as much as…
ALMA Finds Direct Evidence That Merging Galaxies Can Form Disc Galaxies
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) and several other radio telescopes, astronomers find direct evidence that merging galaxies can form disc galaxies instead of…
