Researchers open hairy new chapter in 3-D printing
"It's very inspiring to see how these structures occur in nature and how they can achieve different functions," says Jifei Ou, a graduate...
Astrophysicists release new study of one of the first stars
No one has yet observed the first stars that formed in the Milky Way. In all likelihood, they will never be directly observed, because...
Scientists detect gray matter changes in brains of teenagers with type 2 diabetes
Teenagers with type 2 diabetes have significant changes in total brain gray matter volume and in regions of gray matter involved in seeing and...
Bone artifacts suggest early adoption of poison-tipped arrow technology in Eastern Africa
Researchers studying bone artefacts discovered in the Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, have found evidence to suggest that bone tools were used for hunting, and even...
World’s first 1,000-processor chip
By splitting programs across a large number of processor cores, the KiloCore chip designed at UC Davis can run at high clock speeds with...
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been pursued for decades as potential molecular targets to treat cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to their...
New imaging method reveals nanoscale details about DNA
A new imaging technique allows researchers to image both the position and orientation of single fluorescent molecules attached to DNA.Credit: Maurice Y. Lee, Stanford...
New lizard found in Dominican Republic
Anolis landestoyi, perched on branch (posed). Credit: Miguel Landestoyi
A University of Toronto-led team has reported the discovery of a new lizard in the middle...
Walkable Urban Places Gain on Suburbs
For the first time since cars, quieter streets and spacious homes lured people out of city centers and into suburban towns, people are moving...
Ultra-sharp image uncovers the shocking lives of young stars
Gemini South GeMS/GSAOI near-infrared image of the N159W field in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image spans 1.5 arcminutes across, resolves stars to about...
South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone
Credit: NOAA Headquarters
The Earth passed another unfortunate milestone May 23 when carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) at the South Pole for...
