Cosmic bubbles reveal the first stars
Astronomers detect first stars 'bubbling out' from the cosmic dark agesCredit: V. Tilvi et al./NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/AURA Astronomers using the Mayall telescope...
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The Milky Way’s impending galactic collision is already birthing new stars
Newborn stars on the outskirts of our galaxy probably formed from material from two dwarf galaxies called the Magellanic CloudsCredit: D. Nidever; NASA Honolulu --...
New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries
Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxyCredit: Alyssa Goodman / Harvard University Astronomers at Harvard University have...
Army selects 20 small businesses, research partners for tech development
Credit: US Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- The U.S. Army selected 20 small businesses and their nonprofit research institution partners to receive 22 Small...
Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have been ravaging Australia's Kangaroo Island....
Scientists capture for first time, light flashes from human eye during radiotherapy
What are the flashes of light patients report seeing during brain radiotherapy? Dartmouth scientists capture this phenomenon for the first time and provide an explanation.Credit:...
Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a...
Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
Credit: Virginia Tech In 2006, more than 400 children under the age of 5 died during an outbreak of diarrheal disease in Botswana. In what...
New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--Leading experts representing The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) have released new evidence-based recommendations...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Blake’s center off Australia’s Kimberley Coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on January 7 and found...
Study of cardiac muscles in flies might help you keep your heart young
Credit: Hua Bai AMES, Iowa - Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart muscles in fruit flies, a...
New MS treatment trial compares stem cell transplantation to best available drugs
NIH-funded study focuses on severe forms of relapsing MSCredit: NIAID A clinical trial has begun testing an experimental stem cell treatment against the best available...
Grant aims to improve environmental education
Credit: Daniel Pratson. Field trips can be transformative experiences for students: Having the chance to get outside of the classroom, learn from passionate practitioners and...
UTEP professor named a 2019 National Academy of Inventors fellow
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications Ryan Wicker, Ph.D., director and founder of The University of Texas at El Paso's W.M. Keck Center for...
Mayo Clinic researchers pursue single-dose gene therapy to treat cocaine addiction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--In a radical new approach to treat cocaine addition, researchers at the Mayo Clinic...
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