Spacecraft to Explore Supermassive Black Holes at Center of Galaxies
By the standards of space-based astronomy, NASA’s new NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) telescope that will be launched later this month has a modest budget…
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New Frog Species Discovered Living in New York and New Jersey
The yet unnamed amphibian was discovered by a team of researchers in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York, and New Jersey….
Graphene Submerged in Electrically Neutral Liquid Sets Mobility Record
It has been extremely difficult to create graphene-based devices that reliably operate at room temperature and pressure, until now. By submerging sheets of graphene in…
Using RNA Import to Repair Mutations in Human Mitochondria
For the first time, scientists have been able to identify a way to correct mutations in human mitochondrial DNA by targeting corrective RNAs. The published…
High Resolution 3D Printer Prints 5 Meters per Second
Using “two-photon lithography,” scientists at the Vienna University of Technology developed a high-precision 3D printer that can print five meters in one second. The printer…
3-D Image Shows How DNA Packs Itself into a “Fractal Globule”
A new imaging technique is giving scientists their first three-dimensional view of the human genome and how DNA is packed inside cells. Research has shown…
Rapidly Retreating Glacial Ice Leaves Species Threatened
The rapidly disappearing glaciers are altering more than the physical landscape, as a recent analysis suggests. Species that live in streams and rivers that flow…
NASA Continues to Monitor Solar Flares
As NASA continues to give updates on the solar flares this week, they also put together a nice summary of space weather and the effects…
Microraptor Feathers Were Black With Iridescent Sheen
Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago had plumage that had hues of black and blue like a crow and…
Searching for “Bubbles” in the Milky Way
While looking over data from the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE) and Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer Galactic (MIPSGAL) surveys, volunteers have…
First Real-Time Image of Two Atoms Vibrating in a Molecule
Using laser-induced electron diffraction, a team of physicists recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule. While using common atmospheric gases…
HFAs and Their Effect on Venus
Scientists are studying hot flow anomalies, HFAs, and their effect on the planet Venus. Unlike Earth, Venus is without a magnetic field and although the…
More Data of Elusive Higgs Boson from Defunct US Tevatron Collider
The elusive Higgs boson might have been spotted in the data collected by the Tevatron, a now shuttered collider at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. The…
“Area X” of Zebra Finch May Provide Insights to Human Speech Disorders
The male zebra finch has some 2,000 genes in a region of the brain known as “Area X” that are significantly linked to singing and…
Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan Seen in Unprecedented Detail
As one of the coldest places in the solar system, Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is also one of the most dynamic. A new collection of…
Unlocking Chemical Pathways to Synthesize Chemicals Found in Nature
A new study could enable scientists to synthesize many important chemicals currently found only in nature. The research shows how scientists used powerful X-rays to…
Atmosphere of Super-Earth GJ1214b Possibly Includes Abundant Water Vapor
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers probed the atmosphere around the transiting super-Earth known as GJ1214b and concluded that unless the atmosphere has a thick…
Dark Matter Core of Abell 520 Differs from Bullet Cluster
Using gravitational lensing, a team of scientists believed they have observed dark matter in Abell 520. The dark matter is not behaving as predicted and…