Galaxy surrounded by a halo of tranquil gas
Credit: OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology. Astronomers studying the outskirts of a distant galaxy have discovered the galaxy sits in a serene ocean of gas....
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Dog rabies vaccination programs affect human exposure, prophylaxis use
Credit: Javier Cabello Stom (CC BY 4.0) The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Karen’s strength on western side
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Karen on Sept. 26 and found the strongest thunderstorms west of center....
A planet that should not exist
Credit: © CARMENES/RenderArea/J. BollaÃn/C. Gallego The red dwarf GJ 3512 is located 30 light-years from us. Although the star is only about a tenth of...
Chemists clarify a chiral conundrum?
Rice scientists disentangle protein-nanoparticle interactions, suggest path to drug-sensing toolCredit: Rashad Baiyasi/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 26, 2019) - It's always good when your intuition...
Black hole shreds star, UH astronomer on discovery team
Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the immediate aftermath of a star...
Army project brings quantum internet closer to reality
Credit: Courtesy IQOQI Innsbruck/Harald Ritsch RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A U.S. Army research result brings the quantum internet a step closer. Such an internet...
Wayne State/Henry Ford Health System lead $4 million Detroit-based NIH HEAL Initiative
Research to aid in increasing long-term recovery from opioid addictionCredit: National Institutes of Health DETROIT - The National Institutes of Health launched the "Helping to...
HALO mission investigates ozone depletion and processes affecting our climate
Researchers will study the influence of gravity waves on the polar vortex over the Antarctic and analyze the chemical and dynamic processes at play in...
Found: ‘Poster child’ for being shredded by a black hole
Catching such a rare event in action will help astronomers understand these mysterious phenomenaCredit: Illustration is by Robin Dienel, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for...
Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil halo
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Using one cosmic mystery to probe another, astronomers analysed the signal from a fast radio burst to shed light on the diffuse...
UMass Amherst Nursing inventor named AACN’s Distinguished Research Lecturer
Associate professor's interdisciplinary lab develops innovative medical devicesCredit: UMass Amherst Nursing researcher Karen Giuliano, who recently joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been selected...
Catching evolution in the act
Natural selection alters genes that control roundworms' sense of smellCredit: Erik Andersen/Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Charles Darwin was right. In his 1859 book, "On...
Researcher hopes to make gene-editing device safer and more precise
The CRISPR-Cas9 system allows researchers to make changes in a cell's genetic codeCredit: UNTHSC The mere mention of gene editing and DNA altering might conjure...
Texas Biomed continues testing Ebola therapies and vaccines
September is National Preparedness MonthCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (September 26, 2019) - In mid-August 2019, human clinical trials were halted in the current...
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