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New Ways to Measure Magnetism Around the Sun
July 14, 2011 — NASA researchers have made use of old mathematical techniques and new insights on how coronal mass ejections travel to devise a fresh way to measure this magnetic environment in the sun's upper ... > full story -
Cat Litter to Become an Edible Product?
July 12, 2011 — Sepiolite is a porous clay material used for example in cat litter that absorbs more liquid than any other known mineral. A Franco-Spanish team of scientists has analyzed twenty different sepiolites ... > full story -
Sounding Rockets Study How Winds in Space Drive Currents in the Upper Atmosphere
July 5, 2011 — This July, scientists will launch four rockets for a five-minute journey some 100 miles up into the atmosphere. The rockets will collect data on the charged particles as well as winds of neutral ... > full story -
Radiation Protection in Pediatric Radiology
July 4, 2011 — The risk to children’s health from X-ray radiation is easy to reduce without compromising diagnostic accuracy, according to new ... > full story -
Quantum 'Graininess' of Space at Smaller Scales? Gamma-Ray Observatory Challenges Physics Beyond Einstein
June 30, 2011 — The European Space Agency's Integral gamma-ray observatory has provided results that will dramatically affect the search for physics beyond Einstein. It has shown that any underlying quantum ... > full story -
Cosmic 'Axis of Evil': Masses of Universe's Largest Objects Appear to Depend on Which Method Is Used to Weigh Them
June 30, 2011 — Astronomers are puzzled by the announcement that the masses of the largest objects in the universe appear to depend on which method is used to weigh ... > full story -
'Odd Couple' Binary Star System Makes Dual Gamma-Ray Flares
June 29, 2011 — In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars in the southern constellation Crux whisked past each other at a distance closer than Venus orbits the sun. The system possesses a so-far unique blend of a ... > full story -
Universe's Most Distant Quasar Found, Powered by Massive Black Hole
June 29, 2011 — A team of European astronomers has used European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes to discover and study the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant ... > full story -
Astronomers Reach for the Stars to Discover New Cancer Therapy
June 24, 2011 — Research on celestial bodies may have an impact on the human body. Astronomers are working with medical physicists and radiation oncologists to develop a potential new radiation treatment -- one that ... > full story -
Terahertz Light to Illuminate Cell Biology and Cancer Research
June 24, 2011 — Unique research is set to trigger a new era in research into cancer diagnosis and our understanding of how living things function, researchers say. Scientists are using Europe's most intense ... > full story
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