Rare supernova discovery ushers in new era for cosmology
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light years away from Earth that's...
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New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal -- a new...
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find
Credit: Photo courtesy US Coast Guard The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf...
Using venomous proteins to make insect milkshakes
Credit: Adler Dillman RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Nematodes are microscopic worms that fall into an often ignored corner of the animal kingdom. While many of...
New research unlocks forests’ potential in climate change mitigation
Credit: Rob Alexander New insights into the impact forests have on surface temperature will provide a valuable tool in efforts to mitigate climate change, according...
Rising water temperatures endanger health of coastal ecosystems, study finds
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. - Increasing water temperatures are responsible for the accumulation of a chemical called nitrite in marine environments...
Light rays from a supernova bent by the curvature of space-time around a galaxy
Credit: Original image by ALMA (ESO/NRAO/NAOJ), L. Calçada (ESO), Y. Hezaveh et al, edited and modified by Joel Johansson An international research team led by...
Medicaid expansion linked with increase in prescriptions filled for chronic conditions
Boston, MA - During the first one and a half years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of prescriptions filled by adults using...
Hubble observes first multiple images of explosive distance indicator
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Palomar Observatory/California Institute of Technology A Swedish-led team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to analyse...
Changing the game
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Engagement with natural environment a significant contributor to life satisfaction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Looking to improve your overall life satisfaction? Try regularly hiking in a forest or otherwise engaging with the natural environment. And then,...
NASA sees the formation of early Atlantic Ocean Tropical Depression 1
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce A low pressure area in the Atlantic Ocean, located southwest of the Azores was designated as Subtropical Depression...
The weird chemistry threatening masterpiece paintings (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 20, 2017 -- A good art dealer can really clean up in today's market, but not when some...
Recruitment begins for world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine trial
Credit: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau. UConn Health is beginning to recruit patients for the world's first personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine clinical trial. The goal: to...
Penn researchers show brain stimulation restores memory during lapses
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has shown for the first time that electrical stimulation delivered when memory is predicted to fail...
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