Flow physics could help forecasters predict extreme events
Researchers are studying a tornado's song and other 'doors to danger' in an increasingly chaotic worldCredit: Brian Elbing VIRTUAL MEETING (CST), November 22, 2020 --...
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Galaxy encounter violently disturbed Milky Way, study finds
The long-held belief that the Milky Way, the galaxy containing Earth and the solar system, is relatively static has been ruptured by fresh cosmic insightCredit:...
A rich source of nutrients under the Earth’s ice sheets
Data from Greenland and Antarctica show: under ice trace elements are mobilised at higher rates than previously assumedCredit: Jon Hawkings, GFZ Trace elements such as...
Study: Early, late stages of degenerative diseases are distinct
Two-phase theory applies to diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, muscle atrophyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 23, 2020) - Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and...
Carbon nanocomposites are now one step closer to practical industrial
Credit: The image was taken in the Laboratory of Micro and Nano Mechanics, CDMM at Skoltech. A research team from the Center for Design, Manufacturing...
What does East Germany’s rise and fall have to do with pigs? A lot, actually
The communist state's approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a University of Rochester historian arguesCredit: University of Washington Press Thomas Fleischman has been...
Argonne team collects Best Paper Award at SC20
Credit: Image courtesy of SC20 conference. An innovative collaboration between computer and computational scientists from the Data Science and Learning division (DSL) and Advanced Photon...
Identifying compound classes through machine learning
Bioinformaticians at the University of Jena and partners develop new method for analysing metabolitesCredit: Image: Jens Meyer/University of Jena (Jena, Germany) Everything that lives has...
Growing interest in Moon resources could cause tension, scientists find
New research indicates that limited resources on Earth's satellite could cause crowding and competition as site selection, extraction become realityCredit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/DLR/ASU; Overlay:...
Tarantula toxin attacks with molecular stinger
Venom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal's nerve cellsCredit: Alice C. Gray Oversized, hairy tarantulas may be...
Recording the symphony of cellular signals that drive biology
Credit: C. Linghu, S. Johnson et al./Cell 2020 A new imaging technology lets scientists spy on the flurry of messages passed within cells as they...
New targeted therapy blocks metabolism in brain cancer cells with genetic vulnerability
Preclinical study shows early activity of enolase inhibitors in cancer cells with genetic loss of ENO1Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Researchers at The...
Study reveals true origin of oldest evidence of animals
Credit: Image of courtesy of Ilya Bobrovskiy Two teams of scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy surrounding the origins of complex life on Earth. The...
Vibrational encounters – phonon polaritons meet molecules
Credit: (Credit: Scixel. Copyright: CIC nanoGUNE BRTA) The images reveal that vibrational strong coupling can be achieved, which is a phenomenon that recently attracts wide...
CCNY researchers overcome barriers for bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials
Credit: Top image adapted from Journal of Physical Chemical Letters. Bottom image, Kara Ng, Nature Chemistry 2020 Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College...