LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in ‘mass gap’
Credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/R. Hurt (IPAC) When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are...
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LIGO-Virgo finds mystery astronomical object in ‘mass gap’
Object lies between heaviest known neutron star and lightest known black holeCredit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/R. Hurt (IPAC) An international research collaboration, including Northwestern University astronomers, has detected...
Chemist develops potential drug to treat type 2 diabetes without harsh side effects
Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse University chemistry professor Dr. Robert P. Doyle has developed a new drug lead to treat type 2 diabetes...
Deep drone acrobatics
Credit: Elia Kaufmann Since the dawn of flight, pilots have used acrobatic maneuvers to test the limits of their airplanes. The same goes for flying...
Hot ring produces microwave-powered ultrasound pulses wirelessly
Innovative wireless split-ring resonator concentrates microwaves into a hot-spot for ultrasound emissionCredit: SPIE Ultrasound imaging is one of the workhorses in a modern hospital. It...
Agricultural conservation schemes not enough to protect Britain’s rarest butterflies
Credit: Katie Threadgill Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the intensification of farming, a new...
Gear treated with ‘forever chemicals’ poses risk to firefighters
Credit: University of Notre Dame Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows they face additional risk just by gearing up....
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentration in coral reef invertebrates
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentration in coral reef invertebrates varies according to species assemblagesCredit: Dr Isis Guibert New research highlights the effect of benthic assemblages on the sulfur...
Scientists modelled natural rock arcades
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Russia and the Czech Republic performed numerical modelling of natural rock arcades using a mathematical model that describes...
Size matters in the sex life of salmon
Credit: Mikko Ellmen Every summer, tens of thousands of Atlantic salmon migrate from the Barents Sea to the Teno River, Finland, to spawn in the...
A bacterial toxin turning cells into swiss cheese
Researchers from Kanazawa University purified the pore-forming bacterial toxin Monalysin to study how the innate immune system fights off bacterial toxinsCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan...
Better prepared for forest fires
Cross-institute project to understand the dynamics of forest fires and mitigate the riskCredit: Photo: Gabi Zachmann, KIT Long-lasting drought increases the risk of forest fires....
Scientists create program that finds synteny blocks in different animals
Scientists developed a software tool that makes it possible to quickly and efficiently find similar parts in the genomes of different animalsCredit: Dmitry Lisovsky, ITMO.NEWS...
Physicist Andrea Alù selected for a highly competitive Simons Collaboration Research Award
Supported by a major multi-year funding, the collaboration seeks to change our understanding and control of wave propagation, enabling leapfrog technologiesCredit: Y. Zhao NEW YORK,...
Copyright Clearance Center partners with Editage to offer research promotion services
New service helps RightsLink publishers empower researchers and strengthen author programs without adding staffCredit: Cactus Communications (CACTUS) Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in...
