New Simulation Shows What Happens When the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collide
Astronomers have discovered that our nearest big neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, is roughly the same size as the Milky Way. It had been thought that…
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Magnetic Stimulation Shifts Abnormal Neural Connections Towards Their Correct Locations
A newly published study demonstrated that weak sequential electromagnetic pulses on mice can shift abnormal neural connections towards their correct locations in the brain. Researchers…
Lunar Rock Samples Reveal Evidence of a Huge Meteorite Strike
Lunar rock samples reveal evidence of a huge meteorite strike 4.2 billion years ago. A WA geologist analyzing lunar rock samples collected during the Apollo…
Supersensitive Detectors to Aid in the Discovery of Gravitational Waves
Physicists around the world are currently focused on the commissioning of three enormous supersensitive detectors that will aid in the discovery of gravitational waves tenfold…
Improvements to LIGO Detector Will Allow Scientists to ‘Listen’ to Black Holes Forming
Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector will allow researchers to listen to the Big Bang and to black holes forming throughout the universe….
Astronomers Discover Two Galaxies that are Almost an Exact Match to the Milky Way
Using data from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly survey, astronomers found 14 galaxy systems that are similar to the Milky Way, with two of those…
Molecular Code for How PPR Proteins Recognize their RNA Targets Discovered
A team of scientists have cracked a code underlying recognition of RNA molecules by a superfamily of RNA-binding proteins called pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins, providing…