The Clouds of Venus Could Have Conditions Conducive to Microbial Life
In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars, for example, has geological features that suggest it once had…
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Scientists Identify Source of Galaxy-Sized Stream of Gas
A cloud of gas 300,000 light-years long is arching around the Milky Way, shunted away from two dwarf galaxies orbiting our own. For decades, astronomers…
Ancient Microorganisms Provide Strong Evidence of Life in the Universe
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common….
New Model Sheds Light on Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas
Plasmas, gas-like collections of ions and electrons, make up an estimated 99 percent of the visible matter in the universe, including the sun, the stars,…
High-Quality ‘Magnetoelectric’ Material Shows Promise as Memory for Electronics
Smartphones and computers wouldn’t be nearly as useful without room for lots of apps, music and videos. Devices tend to store that information in two…
New Research Supports the Idea That We Live in a Void
New research firms up the idea that we exist in one of the voids in the structure of the cosmos and helps ease the apparent…
IceCube Collaboration Confirms Cosmic Neutrino Sighting
Using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, scientists have confirmed the existence of astrophysical neutrinos from our galaxy as well as cosmic neutrinos from sources…
New Graphene Sensors Could Provide Unprecedented Insights into Brain Structure
New nanotechnology funded by DARPA’s RE-NET program and developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison enables monitoring and stimulation of neurons using…
Study Finds Stimulant Use Increases by 30% During the School Year
New research from Yale, NYU and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that students are 30% more likely to take a stimulant medication during the school…
Spitzer Images Create 360-Degree View of the Milky Way
Using more than 2 million infrared snapshots taken over the past 10 years by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers created a new 360-degree mosaic of…
Cheap, Oxide-Based Materials Boost Promise of Hydrogen Fuel
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have combined cheap, oxide-based materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using solar energy with a solar-to-hydrogen…
The First Solid Evidence for Astrophysical Neutrinos from Cosmic Accelerators
In a newly published study, researchers from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory detail the discovery of the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from cosmic accelerators….
Observations Reveal How Interstellar Dust Grains Align
In a newly published study, astronomers report key observations that confirm a theory on how dust grains in interstellar space spin and organize themselves in…
Massive Saturn Storm Churns Up Water Ice from Great Depths
A newly published study details a massive storm that erupted on Saturn in late 2010, finding that cloud particles at the top of the great…
Transplanted Stem Cells Restore Memory and Learning in Mice
Neurologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have successfully shown that human embryonic stem cells, which have been transformed into nerve cells, can help mice regain…
Transplanted Neural Cells from a Monkey’s Skin Develop into Mature Brain Cells
Researchers at the Waisman Center turned iPS cells from a monkey’s skin into neural progenitor cells and successfully transplant them into its own brain, providing…
UW-Madison Researchers Help Explain the Scarcity of Anti-Matter
The Daya Bay Neutrino experiment, recognized by Science magazine as a runner-up for the breakthrough of the year, is helping physicists explain why the universe…
Locomotion Restored in Mice with Huntington’s-Like Condition
A new study showed that locomotion could be restored in mice with a Huntington’s-like condition by using GABA neurons forged from human embryonic stem cells….