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Spiral Galaxies Like Milky Way Bigger Than Thought
June 27, 2013 Let's all fist bump: Spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way appear to be much larger and more massive than previously believed, according to a new ... > full story -
Computational Chemistry Draws for First Time 'Interactive Cartographic Map' of Enzymes During Chemical Reactions
June 27, 2013 Knowing how enzymes work is key to control the chemical processes involving these biological macromolecules that have countless applications in the fields of medicine and industry. Computational ... > full story -
Violent Birth of Neutron Stars: Computer Simulations Confirm Sloshing and Spiral Motions as Stellar Matter Falls Inward
June 27, 2013 Scientists have conducted the most expensive and most elaborate computer simulations so far to study the formation of neutron stars at the center of collapsing stars with unprecedented accuracy. ... > full story -
First Transiting Planets in a Star Cluster Discovered
June 26, 2013 All stars begin their lives in groups. Most stars are born in small groups that quickly fall apart. Others form in huge, dense swarms, where stars jostle with thousands of neighbors while strong ... > full story -
Survivor of Stellar Collision Is New Type of Pulsating Star
June 26, 2013 Astronomers have observed the remnant of a stellar collision and discovered that its brightness varies in a way not seen before on this rare type of star. By analyzing the patterns in these ... > full story -
Astronomers Spy on Galaxies in the Raw
June 26, 2013 A radio telescope has detected the raw material for making the first stars in galaxies that formed when the Universe was just three billion years old -- less than a quarter of its current ... > full story -
NMR Advance Brings Proteins Into the Open
June 24, 2013 A key protein interaction, common across all forms of life, had eluded scientists' observation until a team of researchers cracked the case by combining data from four different techniques of nuclear ... > full story -
Messier 61 Looks Straight Into Hubble's Camera
June 24, 2013 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 61, also known as NGC 4303. The galaxy, located only 55 million light-years away from Earth, is roughly ... > full story -
Excited, but Cold: Scientists Unveil the Secret of a Reaction for Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Matter
June 24, 2013 How is it that a complex organism evolves from a pile of dead matter? How can lifeless materials become organic molecules that are the bricks of animals and plants? Scientists have been trying to ... > full story -
A Cheaper Drive to 'Cool' Fuels
June 21, 2013 Chemists have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic ... > full story
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