MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India
A woman and her son, who live in Chellur, India, walk home with the reverse-osmosis-treated water she bought at Chellur’s community desalination plant.Photo: John...
How MIT gave “Ghostbusters” its “geek cred”
Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy, left), a gung-ho scientist with expertise in the paranormal, and Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon, right), an eccentric engineer, tinker in...
MeerKAT joins the ranks of the world’s great scientific instruments through its First Light...
IMAGE 1: MeerKAT First Light image. Each white dot represents the intensity of radio waves recorded with 16 dishes of the MeerKAT telescope in...
Study shows auditory cortex of hearing and deaf people are nearly identical
The neural architecture in the auditory cortex - the part of the brain that processes sound - of profoundly deaf and hearing people is...
Hubble Spots a Secluded Starburst Galaxy
This image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and shows a starburst galaxy named MCG+07-33-027. This galaxy...
Mercury on the Horizon
Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth's...
Resupply Rocket Launches on Two-Day Delivery Mission
The Progress 64 cargo craft launches on a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
Carrying more than three tons of food,...
Stroke largely preventable, global study shows
Ten risk factors that can be modified are responsible for nine of 10 strokes worldwide, but the ranking of those factors vary regionally, says...
Western-style diet linked to state-dependent memory inhibition
Credit: © amrufm / Flickr
Obesity may ultimately be a disease of the brain, involving a progressive deterioration of various cognitive processes that influence eating....
Happy cows make more nutritious milk
The results of a new study could lead to a better understanding of how to improve the health of dairy cows, and keep the...
Extra virgin olive oil is the best option for frying fish
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have studied the changes that take place in fish lipids and in the oil during frying...
