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The Tell-Tale Signs of a Galactic Merger
Jan. 29, 2015 Astronomers have captured a striking view of spiral galaxy NGC 7714. This galaxy has drifted too close to another nearby galaxy and the dramatic interaction has twisted its spiral arms out of shape, ... full story -
Hubble Spies a Loopy Galaxy
Jan. 29, 2015 This Hubble Space Telescope photograph of an oddball arc of stars in galaxy NGC 7714 tells of a 100-million-year-old close ... full story -
Can Synesthesia Be Taught? Colored Letters, Tasty Sounds?
Jan. 29, 2015 Can synesthesia have cognitive benefits and can it be taught? There are over 60 known types of synesthesia, a condition in which stimulation of one sense, such as taste, leads to automatic, ... full story -
Vehicle Body Made from Cotton, Hemp, and Wood
Jan. 29, 2015 Carbon and glass fibers reinforce synthetics so that they can be used for vehicle body construction. But in this regard, there is an abundance of potential found in natural fibers -- obtained from ... full story -
Could a New Proposed Particle Help to Detect Dark Matter?
Jan. 29, 2015 Researchers have proposed a new fundamental particle which could explain why no one has managed to detect 'Dark Matter', the elusive missing 85 per cent of the Universe's mass. Dark ... full story -
Long-Necked 'Dragon' Discovered in China: Dinosaur's Lightweight Neck Spanned Half the Length of Its Body
Jan. 28, 2015 Paleontologists have discovered a new species of a long-necked dinosaur from a skeleton found in China. The new species belongs to a group of dinosaurs called mamenchisaurids, known for their ... full story -
Some Potentially Habitable Planets Began as Gaseous, Neptune-Like Worlds
Jan. 28, 2015 Two phenomena known to inhibit the potential habitability of planets -- tidal forces and vigorous stellar activity -- might instead help chances for life on certain planets orbiting low-mass stars, ... full story -
Gully Patterns Document Martian Climate Cycles
Jan. 28, 2015 Gullies carved into impact craters on Mars provide a window into climate change on the Red Planet. A new analysis suggests Mars has undergone several ice ages in the last several million years. The ... full story -
Quantum Computer as Detector Shows Space Is Not Squeezed
Jan. 28, 2015 Ever since Einstein proposed his special theory of relativity in 1905, physics and cosmology have been based on the assumption that space looks the same in all directions -- that it's not ... full story -
Chimps With Higher-Ranking Moms Do Better in Fights
Jan. 28, 2015 For chimpanzees, just like humans, teasing, taunting and bullying are familiar parts of playground politics. An analysis of twelve years of observations of playground fights between young chimpanzees ... full story -
Beer Compound Could Help Fend Off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases
Jan. 28, 2015 The health-promoting perks of wine have attracted the spotlight recently, leaving beer in the shadows. But scientists are discovering new ways in which the latter could be a more healthful beverage ... full story -
Researchers Use Sound to Slow Down, Speed Up, and Block Light
Jan. 28, 2015 How do you make an optical fiber transmit light only one way? Researchers have experimentally demonstrated, for the first time, the phenomenon of Brillouin Scattering Induced Transparency (BSIT), ... full story -
Ballooning Offers Platform for Performing Research in a Space-Like Environment
Jan. 28, 2015 A high-altitude (>20 km) balloon platform is nearly ideal for carrying out scientific observations in a space-like environment, flight qualifying instrumentation, and transporting humans to the ... full story -
Blind Beetles Show Extraordinary Signs of Sight
Jan. 28, 2015 Researchers have made a surprising discovery in the aquifers beneath the Western Australian desert, which challenges the traditional Darwinian view of evolution. They have discovered that a species ... full story -
Game Theory Explains Social Interactions of Cancer Cells
Jan. 28, 2015 The interactions of cancer cells may be explained by using game theory. The Public Goods Game is part of game theory and is used in economics as a model to analyze the provision of common goods. ... full story -
Nanoscale Mirrored Cavities Amplify, Connect Quantum Memories
Jan. 28, 2015 Constructing tiny "mirrors" to trap light increases the efficiency with which photons can pick up and transmit information about electronic spin states -- which is essential for scaling up ... full story -
Spider Electro-Combs Its Sticky Nano-Filaments
Jan. 27, 2015 A spider commonly found in garden centers in Britain is giving fresh insights into how to spin incredibly long and strong fibers just a few nanometers thick. The majority of spiders spin silk threads ... full story -
Stomach Acid-Powered Micromotors Get Their First Test in a Living Animal
Jan. 27, 2015 Researchers have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride inside a mouse. These tiny motors, each about one-fifth the width of a human hair, may someday offer a ... full story -
Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Has Moon
Jan. 27, 2015 Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, have released the first radar images of asteroid 2004 BL86. The images show the ... full story -
Easter Island Mystery: Why Did the Native Culture Die Out?
Jan. 27, 2015 Long before the Europeans arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the native Polynesian culture known as Rapa Nui showed signs of demographic decline. However, the catalyst has long been debated in the ... full story
- The tell-tale signs of a galactic merger
- Hubble spies a loopy galaxy
- Can synesthesia be taught? Colored letters, tasty sounds?
- Vehicle body made from cotton, hemp, and wood
- Could a new proposed particle help to detect Dark Matter?
- Long-necked 'dragon' discovered in China: Dinosaur's lightweight neck spanned half the length of its body
- Some potentially habitable planets began as gaseous, Neptune-like worlds
- Gully patterns document Martian climate cycles
- Quantum computer as detector shows space is not squeezed
- Chimps with higher-ranking moms do better in fights
- Beer compound could help fend off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
- Ballooning offers platform for performing research in a space-like environment
- Blind beetles show extraordinary signs of sight
- Game theory explains social interactions of cancer cells
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Spider electro-combs its sticky nano-filaments
- Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
- Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- 'Yellowballs' are part of the development of massive star
- Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe
- Researchers find hormone that increases the sex drive of mice
- New tattoos discovered on iceman Oetzi: All of the skin marks on the mummy mapped
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- Making a tiny rainbow: 300 colors about as wide as a human hair
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- Learning from scorpions to control impulses
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Climate affects development of human speech
- How does the universe creates reason, morality?
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Rosetta Comet 'pouring' more water into space
- Gas variations are suggestive of seasons on comet Chury
- These jellyfish aren't just drifters; many swim strongly
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Black hole on a diet creates a 'changing look' quasar
- American liberals and conservatives think as if from different cultures
- Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow
- Is cheating on the field worse than cheating on a spouse? Some fans think so
- NASA, Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to 'work on Mars'
- Is glass a true solid? New research suggests it is
- New forensic entomology observations expand knowledge of decomposition ecology
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Self-powered intelligent keyboard could provide a new layer of security
- Drillers help make new Antarctic discoveries
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- Death of a dynamo: A hard drive from space
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Twitter can predict rates of coronary heart disease, according to research
- Heightened scents: Do ambient fragrances make consumers purchase more?
- Editing the brain: How new epigenetic tools could rewrite our understanding of memory and more
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- In theory, the Milky Way could be a 'galactic transport system'
- How attached to our smart phones are we?
- New bacterial 'language' discovered: Previously unknown communication pathway
- Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent, self-cleaning metals
- Silk-weaving ant study sees new behavior
- Ocean floor dust gives new insight into supernovae
- Atoms can be in two places at the same time
- First public lighting system that runs on solar and wind energy
- A contractile gel that stores light energy
- Paleontologist names a carnivorous reptile that preceded dinosaurs
- Hostile boss? Study finds advantages to giving it right back
- The seeing power of frogs: Frogs can detect single photons of light
- Fossil ankles indicate Earth's earliest primates lived in trees
- Automated method beats critics in picking great movies
- Predatory sea snails produce weaponized insulin
- Extremely short, sharp flash of radio waves from unknown source in the universe, caught as it was happening
- Preserved fossil represents oldest record of parental care in group of prehistoric reptiles
- President Lincoln’s cottage 3D laser-scanned by researchers
- HiRISE camera spots long-lost space probe on Mars
- Three nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby star: One in 'Goldilocks' zone
- Closing your eyes boosts memory recall, new study finds
- Heart arrhythmias detected in deep-diving marine mammals
- Galactic 'hailstorm' in the early Universe
- Space station worms’ research potential is anything but flat
- Rice-sized laser, powered one electron at a time, bodes well for quantum computing
- Tiny plant fossils a window into Earth's landscape millions of years ago
- Roller coaster geese: Insights into high altitude bird flight physiology and biomechanics
- Inventors choose to reveal their secret sauce before patent approval
- In the mood to trade? Weather may influence institutional investors' stock decisions
- Liquids and glasses relax, too -- but not like you thought
- For sea turtles, there's no place like magnetic home
- The secret of empathy: Stress from the presence of strangers prevents empathy, in both mice and humans
- Yak dung burning pollutes indoor air of Tibetan households
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