The big star that couldn’t become a supernova
Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Jeffries (STScI) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For the first time in history, astronomers have been able to watch as a dying...
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Jupiter’s complex transient auroras
Combined observations from three spacecraft show that Jupiter's brightest auroral features recorded to date are powered by both the volcanic moon Io and interaction with...
Collapsing star gives birth to a black hole
Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Kochanek (OSU) Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. It took the...
Study provides better understanding of how brain tumors ‘feed’
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center All cancer tumors have one thing in common - they must feed themselves to grow and spread, a difficult feat...
UW engineers borrow from electronics to build largest circuits in eukaryotic cells
Credit: University of Washington Living cells must constantly process information to keep track of the changing world around them and arrive at an appropriate response....
Expressing genetic interactions through music
Loading video... Credit: Max Cooper/Andy Lomas An artistic collaboration between musician and sound producer Max Cooper, respected visual artist Andy Lomas and researchers from the...
The best teams of the engineering competition ‘Capture the Flag’ were awarded
Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University On May 24, at the Plenary session of the International Polytechnic Week, the winners of the students'...
Preliminary: BRCA variations may work alongside COMT variation to reduce breast cancer
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Research looking at genomic data from women with a genetic risk for breast cancer, who may never develop cancer, found...
Solving the riddle of the snow globe
If you've shaken a snow globe, you've enjoyed watching its tiny particles slowly sink to the bottom. But do all small objects drift the same...
Ineffective antibiotics form strong teams against deadly super bacteria
BUFFALO, N.Y. - In the fight against super bacteria, University at Buffalo scientists are relying on strength in numbers to win the battle against drug...
Genetic risk factor for equine eye cancer identified
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer found in equine eyes and the second most common tumor of the horse overall. Thanks to...
Study: Many patients with early-stage breast cancer receive costly, inappropriate testing
Credit: Bo Jungmayer/Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 24, 2017 -- A study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that will be presented at...
Researchers find new way to control light with electric fields
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a technique for controlling light with electric fields. "Our method is similar to the technique used to...
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2017 is held in Moscow for the first time
National Research University Higher School of Economics, in cooperation with the global online learning platform Coursera, is holding eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2017 (eSTARS)...
MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food
Credit: Michael Indresano Photography "Don't play with your food" is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain or two of salt. The...
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