Kinks in the magnetic fields near the surface of the sun appear to be the cause of fast-moving flows in the solar wind.
Massive jets and an expanding cocoon of debris from a collapsing star could be a source of never-before-seen ripples in spacetime.
In a first-of-its-kind comparative study, researchers show that primates were masturbating 40 million years ago and that the behavior may help males keep their sperm fresh.
Even after mating with fertile males, females given the cat contraceptive, which targets an ovulation-preventing hormone, did not get pregnant.
Cooperation across the tree of life is an understudied driver of evolution and biodiversity, Marjorie Weber says.
Proposed discoveries of humanlike activities by these ancient, small-brained hominids have elicited skepticism from some researchers.
Filters in air monitoring facilities inadvertently capture environmental DNA, which could give scientists a new tool to track local plants and animals.
A newfound shape covers an infinite plane with a pattern that doesn’t repeat and without mirror images of the shape.
Big black holes in little galaxies, rogue black holes and other behemoths could offer clues to cosmic evolution.
A new estimate of microbial life living in Pacific reefs is similar to global counts, suggesting many more microbes call Earth home than thought.
In a step toward building a nuclear clock, scientists measured light emitted when a special type of thorium nucleus decayed.
Desert ants living in the harsh, flat salt pans of Tunisia create towering anthills to aid with navigating the near-featureless terrain.
A vaccine, distributed as pellets, can neutralize Lyme-causing bacteria in wildlife. Scientists hope it will reduce Lyme exposure for people and pets.
Particle-like quantum states called non-abelian anyons remember being swapped and could be useful for protecting information in quantum computers.
Tissues made with 3-D printing and other techniques could offer insights into diseases such as fatty liver disease and preeclampsia.
Editor in chief Nancy Shute reflects on the history and future of Science News.
The head and the heart Scientists used light to raise a mouse’s heart rate, increasing anxiety-like behaviors in the animal. The study offers a new angle for studying anxiety disorders, Bethany Brookshire reported in “In mice, anxiety isn’t all in the head” (SN: 4/8/23, p. 9). Reader Barry Maletzky asked why strenuous exercise, which elevates […]
Identifying the fungi that feeds the Cooper’s black orchid in the lab may allow researchers to bank seeds and possibly regrow the species in the wild.
It’s hard to know how busy this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be, thanks to a rarely observed combination of ocean and climate conditions.
Seismic data from NASA’s Insight lander reveal the crust is roughly 50 kilometers thick, with the northern crust being thinner than the south’s.
Researchers have developed an optimization algorithm to help identify the location of an electric current surge in a power grid, without knowledge of the grid’s broad structure.
The above image may look like a piece of colourful, abstract art, but it is, in fact, a glimpse at the very heart of our galaxy. Most of us can’t even begin to imagine what lurks beyond our solar system, but astrophysicists in the US have discovered a whole colony of incredible structures at the centre of the Milky Way. Scientists already knew that...
High-speed jets from dying stars could produce gravitational waves detectable by the LIGO project.
Certain isotopes such as Indium-115 (In-115) are extremely long lived, taking over 100 trillion years for half of the Indium atoms to decay away. These isotopes allow scientists to probe the precise internal ...
Scientists have found a ton of structures in the Milky Way, and they really don't know what to make of them.
The above image may look like a piece of colourful, abstract art, but it is, in fact, a glimpse at the very heart of our galaxy. Most of us can’t even begin to imagine what lurks beyond our solar system, but astrophysicists in the US have discovered a whole colony of incredible structures at the centre of the Milky Way. Scientists already knew that...
Scientists have taken a significant step forward in the study of the properties of quarks and gluons, the particles that make up atomic nuclei, by resolving a long-standing issue with a theoretical calculation method known as “axial gauge.” MIT and University of Washington researchers found that the
New frontiers in the study of the universe—and gravitational waves—have been opened up following a breakthrough by University of the West of Scotland (UWS) researchers.
New simulations show that dying stars release enormous "cocoons" of gas that may rattle with space-time ripples called gravitational waves.
Massive jets and an expanding cocoon of debris from a collapsing star could be a source of never-before-seen ripples in spacetime.
Massive, dying stars — behemoths tens of times the Sun's mass — should emit gravitational waves that we can hear with LIGO.
Since axions were first predicted by theory nearly half a century ago, researchers have hunted for proof of the elusive particle, which may exist outside the visible universe, in the dark sector. But ...
Living organisms, ecosystems and the planet Earth are, from a physics point of view, examples of extraordinarily large and complex systems that are not in thermal equilibrium. To physically describe non-equilibrium ...
Researchers have detected odd filament structures that may provide new insights into a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
Nature - Our experimental proof of chiral phonons demonstrates a degree of freedom in condensed matter that is of fundamental importance and opens the door to exploration of emergent phenomena...
The Parker Solar Probe is providing NASA researchers with insights into how the sun accelerates particles to a million miles per hour.
Nature - Measurements of fast solar wind streams from the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft provide strong evidence for the interchange reconnection mechanism being responsible for accelerating the...
The Parker Solar Probe flew close enough to the sun to spot how the solar wind forms before it flows toward Earth and creates auroras and space weather.
The small spacecraft stared straight at the source of solar wind, likely uncovering the process that drives the violent bursts of plasma.
The spacecraft's data point to showerhead-like 'coronal holes' as the source of the fast solar wind.
Matter in space can arise out of what we perceive as nothing. But there is no such thing as a void in the Universe.
At the time of the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago, every particle of matter is thought to have been produced together with an antimatter equivalent of opposite electrical charge. But in the present-day ...
Take a lattice—a flat section of a grid of uniform cells, like a window screen or a honeycomb—and lay another, similar lattice above it. But instead of trying to line up the edges or the cells of ...
The Next Generation Arecibo Telescope would involve replacing the 305 m collapsed telescope with an array of small parabolic antennas
Astrophysicists have discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the centre of Milky Way. Earlier, Northwestern University's Farhad Yusef-Zadeh discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near our galaxy's central supermassive black hole. Yusef-Zadeh and his collaborators have now discovered a new population of filaments, but these are much shorter and lie horizontally.
Magnetic domains walls are known to be a source of electrical resistance due to the difficulty for transport electron spins to follow their magnetic texture. This phenomenon holds potential for utilization ...
By studying them, we could learn more about black hole’s spin and accretion disk orientation, says lead researcher
Using some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, a group of theorists has produced a major advance in the field of nuclear physics—a calculation of the "heavy quark diffusion coefficient." This ...
Superconductors are increasingly finding applications in several areas, such as medical imaging techniques, drug delivery systems, energy storage systems, levitation processes, and water purification ...
Similar set-up could form the basis for precise quantum sensors and even dark-matter detectors
In new simulations, 'dark atoms' formed dark stars and could even trigger the formation of black holes.
Scientists have used advanced supercomputer simulations to demonstrate the existence and significance of a small-scale dynamo in the Sun's magnetic field. This discovery refutes previous assumptions and advances our understanding of solar dynamics, potentially enabling earlier predictions of major s
With help from the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope (JWST),…
MIT physicist Daniel Harlow seeks to understand how our universe can abide by two incompatible rulebooks, the Standard Model of Physics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity. He is looking for answers in an alternate “boomerang” reality that represents the universe as a hologram of itself.
Scientists discover hundreds of one-dimensional filaments in space. The post Scientists Find Structures In Space That Are Light-Years In Length appeared first on GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT.
A technique that combines x-ray spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy has delivered x-ray spectra of single atoms.
Protons are positively charged subatomic particles found in every atomic nucleus, determining atomic and baryon numbers. Also referred to as nucleons or hadrons, they consist of quarks held together by the strong interaction force. Unlike neutrons, protons are stable, and they do not decay on their
When Einstein gave General Relativity to the world, he included an extraneous cosmological constant. How did his 'biggest blunder' occur?
The above image may look like a piece of colourful, abstract art, but it is, in fact, a glimpse at the very heart of our galaxy. Most of us can’t even begin to imagine what lurks beyond our solar system, but astrophysicists in the US have discovered a whole colony of incredible structures at the cen...
Scientists have taken a significant step forward in the study of the properties of quarks and gluons, the particles that make up atomic nuclei, by resolving a long-standing issue with a theoretical calculation method known as “axial gauge.” MIT and University of Washington researchers found that the
Air conditioning, refrigeration, and other cooling technologies account for more than 20 percent of today's global energy consumption, while the refrigerants they use have a global warming potential thousands ...
Nanophotonics and topology have generated significant interest due to the unique properties they offer. One area of focus is the investigation of topological edge states (TESs). These states have captured ...
“Atoms can be routinely imaged with scanning probe microscopes, but without X-rays one cannot tell what they are made of."
Blackstar is a relaxing and meditative 45-minute video of the Sun made by Seán Doran using footage from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Instead of the familiar yellow, Doran has chosen to outfit our star in vivid blue
Astronomers doing a radio sky survey found strange new filaments radiating out from the central supermassive black hole. What are they?
NASA's James Webb Telescope camera discovered a mystery in the form of a comet with water - but no carbon monoxide
One, four or five? Not all experts agree on the number of oceans on our planet.
The space agency has reportedly made outstanding progress on the Psyche project.
Study says discovery of microscopic creatures could be the ‘oldest remnants’ of human lineage.
The space agency has reportedly made outstanding progress on the Psyche project.
Missing from partisan political debates over regulations affecting the energy sector is the stunning success of the federal government's signature environmental laws. A prime example: the U.S. Environmental ...
Their vast network of roots known as mycelia has now been shown hold a third—yes, a third, of the annually emitted carbon on Earth.
Nature - Identification of a population of neurons in the brains of female mice that drives hostility towards pups.
Living organisms, ecosystems and the planet Earth are, from a physics point of view, examples of extraordinarily large and complex systems that are not in thermal equilibrium. To physically describe non-equilibrium ...
ULA has rolled its Vulcan Centaur rocket back to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral for the much-delayed Flight Readiness Firing test.
Nature - Missegregated chromosomes that are sequestrated in micronuclei are subject to changes in histone modifications leading to abnormalities in chromatin accessibility that remain long after...
Nature - Micronuclei, which are common features of nuclei in cancer cells, can generate heritable sources of transcriptional suppression, a finding that establishes an inherent relationship between...
So bright our instruments struggled to measure it.
Lead aprons were designed to protect reproductive organs from radiation. But are they actually necessary?
Romantic heterosexual relationships in humans may have evolved from same-sex pairings in a common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, according to a novel hypothesis by a researcher at The University ...
New simulations show that dying stars release enormous "cocoons" of gas that may rattle with space-time ripples called gravitational waves.
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a coating that could dramatically reduce friction in common load-bearing systems with moving parts, from vehicle drive ...
Few cosmic explosions have attracted as much attention from space scientists as the one recorded on October 22 last year and aptly named the Brightest of All Time (BOAT). The event, produced by the collapse ...
Researchers reconstructed the evolutionary origins of primate masturbation and found it was an ancestral trait that goes back to the ancestor of all moneys and apes.
The global warming effect of leaked hydrogen is almost 12 times stronger than CO2, shows a new study by CICERO, a climate research center, published in Communications Earth & Environment.
Compounds from 1.6 billion years ago reveal a microbial transition that set the stage for much of today's life on Earth.
Communications Earth & Environment - The 100-year Global Warming Potential of hydrogen falls in the range 11.6 ± 2.8, according to chemistry-model estimates, through its...
The space agency has reportedly made outstanding progress on the Psyche project.
Rain in Spain caused a disruption during last week's transmission, in which Europe's Mars Express Orbiter beamed images to Earth in rapid succession.
Scientists have made fascinating discoveries on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, uncovering footprints from two distinct
The crucial test is set for 6 p.m. ET today (June 7).
Take a lattice—a flat section of a grid of uniform cells, like a window screen or a honeycomb—and lay another, similar lattice above it. But instead of trying to line up the edges or the cells of ...
Scientists have made fascinating discoveries on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, uncovering footprints from two distinct
The way some bivalves excrete substances could make it easier to clear them out
Computer models confirm that the African Superplume is responsible for the unusual deformations as well as rift-parallel seismic anisotropy observed beneath the East African Rift System.
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman will lead his crew of astronauts on a journey around the moon, a key step toward the Artemis III mission, when NASA plans to return to the lunar surface.
The BOAT, as it’s known, could change the way astronomers see gamma ray bursts.
'We are rewriting the book on how galaxies formed and evolved in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.'
The Parker Solar Probe is providing NASA researchers with insights into how the sun accelerates particles to a million miles per hour.
Researchers have developed a promising synthetic heart valve that may eventually be used for growing children.
Researchers have detected odd filament structures that may provide new insights into a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
They collected samples of mantle rock from beneath the Lost City.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
Nature - Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microorganisms that once dominated complex life on Earth.
Nature - Genome sequencing of nine individuals shows ancestry shifts in the Neolithization of northwestern Africa that probably mirrored a heterogeneous economic and cultural landscape in a more...
About 100 million years ago in what is now Utah, a 10-foot-long (3-meter-long) cousin of duck-billed dinosaurs pulverized tough plant stems and leaves with its robust teeth and powerful jaws.
Coral reef fishes, such as the blenny Ecsenius stictus pictured on the cover, are diverse, abundant and grow quickly. In this week’s issue, Alexandre...
For decades, the fields of physics and chemistry have maintained that the atoms and molecules that make up the natural world define the character of solid matter. Salt crystals get their crystalline quality ...
Nature - The chemical composition of the Galactic halo star J1010+2358 shows extremely low sodium and cobalt abundances, different from most other halo stars, indicative of a very metal-poor star...
The spacecraft's data point to showerhead-like 'coronal holes' as the source of the fast solar wind.
Imagine the possibility of life forms on other planets that don't resemble any on Earth. What might they look like, and why would they be so different?
ZTF and NEOWISE spot evidence for the first known case of a star engulfing its planet. For the first time, astronomers have caught a star...
An international group of researchers has successfully pinpointed a specific gene in the brain that is responsible for driving symptoms of anxiety. An international team...
An international research team has confirmed the existence of the faintest galaxy ever observed in the early universe, JD1. This discovery was made using NASA’s...
A team of researchers has developed a high-efficiency superconducting diode with potential applications in scaling up quantum computing and enhancing AI systems. This device can...
Nebraska scientists have used a data-driven technique, Epigraph, to create a potentially universal vaccine against swine flu. Long-term trials on hogs showed it to be...
Approximately five and a half million years ago, a number of gomphotheres, now-extinct relatives of elephants, met their end in or near a river in...
At TU Wien, scientists use microscopy techniques to observe chemical reactions on catalysts more precisely than before yielding a wealth of detail. This made clear...
Scientists have discovered the molecular structure of the protein UCP1, crucial to calorie burning in ‘good’ brown fat tissue. This breakthrough, providing detailed molecular insights,...
The goal of limiting global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees as set by the Paris Agreement seems unlikely to be achieved, with current...
Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine have discovered that a brain region in female mice, the principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of stria...
Review Board: NASA-JPL Psyche Progress Outstanding, Launch on Track An independent review board praised the “world-class” efforts of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech in...
The findings of the study further support the notion that the risk of mental illness in children originates during pregnancy. A team of researchers, led...
By comparing the structures of protein complexes from different lineages of the dangerous Lassa virus, a Scripps Research team identified new antibodies and vaccine targets....
The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a massive area in the Pacific Ocean twice the size of India and rich in minerals, has been parceled out to...
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and international collaborators have discovered a star, LAMOST J1010+2358, that provides the first tangible evidence of Pair-Instability Supernovae...
AI algorithms outperformed traditional clinical risk models in a large-scale study, predicting five-year breast cancer risk more accurately. These models use mammograms as the single...
New research indicates that higher muscle adiposity, or fat within the body’s muscles, may increase the likelihood of cognitive decline during aging. A study involving...
Evening recovery after work positively affects employees’ mood the next day, according to a study. Higher-quality recovery leads to increased wakefulness, calmness, and pleasantness at...
The SpaceX Dragon has docked with the International Space Station, beginning the 28th resupply mission for NASA. It carries an array of experiments, including IROSAs...
New process could speed the discovery of other much-needed antibiotics. Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used artificial intelligence to...
Scientists have taken a significant step forward in the study of the properties of quarks and gluons, the particles that make up atomic nuclei, by...
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a low-cost method to enhance the effectiveness of drugs by loading them into thermally-modified silica particles....
University of Pennsylvania researchers have proposed a new design for lightweight 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (2D TMDC) solar cells, which could potentially double their efficiency...
University of Southampton paleontologists discovered evidence of diverse spinosaur species in southern England 100 million years ago, based on analysis of a 140 million year...
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Researchers have trained a robotic 'chef' to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.
Researchers have demonstrated the principle of using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light to encode information and enable its secure transmission.
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth -- the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist. Thanks to the capabilities of the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope and careful analyses from the research team, a new study lends critical insight into the complex chemical interactions that occur in the first galaxies in the early…
A double-blind randomized clinical trial of a device aimed at silencing the phantom sounds of tinnitus has yielded promising results.
Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source, they have yet to uncover these elusive signals. Now researchers suggest looking at a new, unexpected and entirely unexplored place: The turbulent, energetic cocoons of debris that surround dying massive stars.
Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One of the largest programs in Webb's first year of science is the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, which will devote about 32 days of telescope time to uncover and characterize faint, distant galaxies. While the data is still…
New theoretical research has shown that Stephen Hawking was likely right about black holes, although not completely. Due to Hawking radiation, black holes will eventually evaporate, but the event horizon is not as crucial as had been believed. Gravity and the curvature of spacetime cause this radiation too. This means that all large objects in the universe, like the remnants of stars, will eventually evaporate.
Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date. The project provides new insights into the evolution of primates, including humans, and their diversity. In baboons, for example, hybridization and gene flow between different species occurred in the past and is still ongoing in several regions of their range. This…
In the early 1980s, astronomers discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's central supermassive black hole. Now, astronomers have discovered a new population of filaments -- but these threads are much shorter and lie horizontally or radially, spreading out like spokes on a wheel from the black hole.
Researchers have discovered they can detect atomic 'breathing,' or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a laser. The sound of this atomic 'breath' could help researchers encode and transmit quantum information.
After the Big Bang, the universe expanded and cooled sufficiently for hydrogen atoms to form. In the absence of light from the first stars and galaxies, the universe entered a period known as the cosmic dark ages. The first stars and galaxies appeared several hundred million years later and began burning away the hydrogen fog left over from the Big Bang, rendering the universe transparent, like it is today. Researchers…
Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest entrance. Ant colonies whose nests are found deep in the Tunisian saltpan are particularly reliant on the self-made landmarks. If the mound at the nest entrance was removed, they immediately began building a new hill, unless the researchers provided artificial…
For over a century, researchers have thought that the patterns of brain activity that define our experiences, hopes and dreams are determined by how different brain regions communicate with each other through a complex web of trillions of cellular connections. Now, a study has examined more than 10,000 different maps of human brain activity and found that the overall shape of a person's brain exerts a far greater influence on…
Scientists have taken the world's first X-ray SIGNAL (or SIGNATURE) of just one atom. This groundbreaking achievement could revolutionize the way scientists detect the materials.
Researchers have succeeded in filming the interactions of light and matter in an electron microscope with attosecond time resolution.
There's an intriguing exoplanet out there -- 400 light-years out there -- that is so tantalizing that astronomers have been studying it since its discovery in 2009. One orbit for WASP-18 b around its star that is slightly larger than our Sun takes just 23 hours. There is nothing like it in our Solar System. A new study about this exoplanet, an ultra-hot gas giant 10 times more massive than…
Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch of a very fine glass rod by sending slow waves of calcium signals to other plant cells, and when that pressure was released, they sent much more rapid waves. While scientists have known that plants can respond to touch, this…
Starting in the 1990s, Island Fox populations began to dwindle due to an outbreak of canine distemper and an increase in attacks by golden eagles. Some islands saw their population drop to as low as 15 individuals, but conservation efforts by the Federal government restored numbers by 2017. A new study reveals a worrying decrease in genetic diversity within the species, signaling a new threat to the Channel Islands foxes'…
A team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production of hydrogen for use in transportation and industrial applications.
Scientists have observed a towering plume of water vapor more than 6,000 miles long -- roughly the distance from the U.S. to Japan -- spewing from the surface of Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
An optical fiber about the thickness of a human hair can now carry the equivalent of more than 10 million fast home internet connections running at full capacity.
Acoustic source-shifters make observers mis-perceive the location of sound by reproducing a sound emanating from a location different from the actual location of a sound source. Researchers have now developed a design approach to produce high-performance source-shifters using a common polymer for location camouflage. Utilizing inverse design based on topology optimization, this development could pave the way for advanced augmented reality and holography technology.
One of Australia's first long-distance walkers has been described after palaeontologists used advanced 3D scans and other technology to take a new look at the partial remains of a 3.5 million year old marsupial from central Australia. They have named a new genus of diprotodontid Ambulator, meaning walker or wanderer, because the locomotory adaptations of the legs and feet of this quarter-tonne animal would have made it well suited to…
With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before it was retired.
A team of researchers have confirmed that 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones discovered more than 30 years ago are the oldest of their kind ever found in Australia, providing a rare glimpse into the life of these powerful, flying reptiles that lived among the dinosaurs.
Researchers show how their multilegged walking robot can be steered by inducing a dynamic instability. By making the couplings between segments more flexible, the robot changes from walking straight to moving in a curved path. This work can lead to more energy-efficient and reliable robotic navigation of terrain.
A third of the exoplanets orbiting common M dwarf stars have gentle enough orbits to potentially be in the habitable zone capable of hosting liquid water.
Black hole jets are known to emit x-rays, but how they accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery. Surprising new findings appear to rule out a leading theory, opening the door to reimagining how particle acceleration works. One model of how jets generate x-rays expects the jets' x-ray emissions to remain stable over long time scales. However, the new paper found that the x-ray emissions of a…
The absolute internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) based blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at low temperatures is often assumed to be 100%. However, a new study has found that the assumption of always perfect IQE is wrong: the IQE of an LED can be as low as 27.5%.
Using AI, researchers identified a new antibiotic that can kill Acinetobacter baumannii, a type of bacteria that is responsible for many drug-resistant infections.
New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant, and may bring scientists closer to developing what they hope will be a widespread cure for the virus that causes AIDS. A new study describes how two nonhuman primates were cured of the monkey form of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant. It also reveals that two circumstances must…
A study presents the detection of a system of two planets slightly larger than Earth orbiting a cold star in a synchronized dance. Named TOI-2096, the system is located 150 light-years from Earth. This system, located 150 light-years from Earth, is one of the best candidates for a detailed study of their atmosphere with the JWST space telescope.
A new study of the freshwater greenfin darter fish suggests river erosion can be a driver of biodiversity in tectonically inactive regions.
The latest observations from Low Earth Orbit with the International Space Station provide further evidence of spectral hardening and softening of cosmic ray particles.
A new study suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic events in the planet's history.
There is a massive, mineral-rich region in the Pacific Ocean -- about twice the size of India -- called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which has already been divided up and assigned to companies for future deep-sea mining. To better understand what may be at risk once companies start mining, a team of biologists has built the first 'CCZ checklist' by compiling all the species records from previous research expeditions to…
A team of engineers has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. Researchers describe the 'generic Air-gen effect'-- nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. The secret lies in being able to pepper the material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter.
Engineers have designed a new class of 'microrobots' several times smaller than the width of a human hair that may be able to treat human illnesses like interstitial cystitis -- a painful bladder disease that affects millions of Americans.
Taking a daily multivitamin may help slow age-related memory decline, a new study has found.
Recent research has identified a new compound that can stimulate nerve regeneration after injury, as well as protect cardiac tissue from the sort of damage seen in heart attack.
Scientists have found a new way to create a crystalline structure called a 'density wave' in an atomic gas. The findings can help us better understand the behavior of quantum matter, one of the most complex problems in physics.
In a ground-breaking experiment, scientists have discovered the existence of a superconductive state that was first predicted in 2017. This discovery could have significant applications, particularly in the field of superconducting electronics.
Armadillos have long been considered to be the only living mammals that produce protective bony plates. But a new study unexpectedly shows that African spiny mice produce the same structures beneath the skin of their tails, which until now had gone largely undetected.
A new study tracked the ability of natural, synthetic, and blended fabrics to biodegrade directly in the ocean.
Researchers have engineered bacteria to synthesize an amino acid that contains a rare functional group that others have shown to have implications in the regulation of our immune system. The researchers also taught a single bacterial strain to create the amino acid and place it at specific sites within target proteins. These findings provide a foundation for developing unique vaccines and immunotherapies in the future.
A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of ~24-125 years of the country's industrial emissions. For context, in 2022 a total of 42.6 megatons (0.0426 gigatons) of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere by international carbon capture and storage efforts, according to the Global CCS Institute. The new study suggests that…
A global phase 3 clinical trial found that a year-long immunotherapy through a skin patch safely desensitized toddlers with peanut allergy, lowering the risk of a severe allergic reaction from accidental exposure.
A robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions has been developed. With four wings made out of carbon fiber and mylar as well as four light-weight actuators to control each wing, the Bee++ prototype is the first to fly stably in all directions. That includes the tricky twisting motion known as yaw, with the Bee++ fully achieving the six degrees of free movement that a typical flying insect…
Understanding that others hold different viewpoints from your own is essential for human sociality. Adopting another person's visual perspective is a complex skill that emerges around the age of two. A new study suggests that this ability first arose in dinosaurs, at least 60 million years before it appeared in mammals. These findings challenge the idea that mammals were the originators of novel and superior forms of intelligence in the…
Researchers found that the Hunga-Tonga eruption was associated with the formation of an equatorial plasma bubble in the ionosphere, a phenomenon associated with disruption of satellite-based communications. Their findings also suggest that a long-held atmospheric model should be revised.
Paleontologists have identified a new species of iguanodontian dinosaur from a partial skeleton found in the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, the United States. The post New Iguanodontian Dinosaur Unearthed in Utah appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Between 3.5 million and 250,000 years ago, at least seven species of the extinct giant tree-kangaroo genus Bohra lived in unexpected places all over Australia. The post Giant Tree-Kangaroos Were Once Widespread across Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Astrophysicists show that LAMOST J1010+2358, a very metal-poor in the Galactic halo, is clear evidence of pair-instability supernovae from very massive first stars in the early Universe. The post Galactic Halo Star’s Chemical Signature Indicates Existence of Very Massive Stars in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
A new analysis of an isolated spinosaur tooth from East Sussex shows that several distinct spinosaur lineages inhabited Britain during the Cretaceous period. The post Fossil Reveals Hidden Spinosaurid Dinosaur Diversity in Cretaceous Britain appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
In a randomized clinical trial involving 99 participants with somatic tinnitus, statistically significant reductions in tinnitus loudness level were observed after bi-sensory treatment (combined sound and somatosensory) but not after sound-only treatment. The post Precisely Timed Bi-Sensory Treatment Effective for Adults with Somatic Tinnitus appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The newly-discovered black hole resides in the hyperluminous galaxy GN-z11 at a redshift of 11.1 and could have originated from a stellar mass seed at redshifts 12 to 15. The post Webb Detects Small and Vigorous Black Hole in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Most living angiosperms (flowering plants) are pollinated by insects, and the new reconstruction of the ancestral pollination mode of angiosperms suggests that their most recent common ancestor was also insect pollinated. “Pollination is a fundamental ecological process that has influenced the diversification of many seed plant families throughout evolutionary history,” said Macquarie University Ph.D. student […] The post Study: Earth’s Earliest Flowering Plants Were Insect Pollinated appeared first on Sci.News:…
The newly-identified species belongs to Mixophyes, an Australo-Papuan group of ground-dwelling frogs. The post New Species of Barred Frog Discovered in Australia appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured stunning images of the face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068. The post Webb Observes Hidden Depths of NGC 5068 appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The first genome-wide association study on eyebrow thickness in Europeans identified new genes as well as rediscovered some of the genes previously identified in non-Europeans. The post New Study Identifies DNA Variants that Influence Eyebrow Thickness in Europeans appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Astronomers have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in SPT-S J041839-4751.9 (SPT0418-47 for short), a galaxy observed less than 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. The post Webb Finds Complex Organic Molecules in Early Universe appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Paleontologists have unearthed several complete skeletons of gomphotheres -- an extinct relative of elephants -- at the Montbrook Fossil Dig in Florida, the United States. The post Unique Gomphothere Assemblage Found in Florida appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
These mysterious structures likely originated a few million years ago when an outflow from Sagittarius A* -- a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy -- interacted with surrounding material. The post MeerKAT Finds Hundreds of Horizontal Filaments in Milky Way’s Center appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
In new research, astrophysicists at Radboud University show the existence of a local gravitational particle production mechanism in curved spacetimes similar to the Schwinger effect for electric fields. The post All Large Objects in Universe Will Eventually Evaporate, Astrophysicists Say appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The Hubble astronomers have released an absolutely beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the jellyfish galaxy JO206. The post Hubble Space Telescope Spots Jellyfish Galaxy in Aquarius appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Residing behind a galaxy supercluster called Abell 2744, the JD1 galaxy is gravitationally lensed and displays three images. The post Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Spotted Just 480 Million Years after Big Bang appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
NASA’s Kepler space telescope was responsible for the discovery of over 2,700 confirmed extrasolar planets, more than half of the total number of exoplanets known today. The post K2 Mission Discovers Three New Massive Exoplanets appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The Breakthrough Listen Investigation for Periodic Spectral Signals (BLIPSS) is a novel software architecture utilizing a fast folding algorithm to enable routine searches for periodic technosignatures in radio data. The post BLIPSS to Search for Periodic Spectral Signals from Alien Worlds in Milky Way’s Center appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Researchers have set a new speed record for an industry standard optical fiber, achieving 1.7 Petabits over a 67 km length of fiber. The post Newly-Developed Optical Fiber Can Carry More Than 10 Million Fast Home Internet Connections appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
As Enceladus orbits rapidly around Saturn with a period of only 1.37 Earth days, the ejected water vapor is spread along and around its orbit, forming a large torus around the gas giant. The post Webb Observes Enceladus’ Water Vapor Plume appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
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