Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole
An image based on a supercomputer simulation of the cosmological environment where primordial gas undergoes the direct collapse to a black hole. The gas...
2016 will be one second longer
Image Credit: Flickr/Alex The Shutter
On December 31, 2016, a "leap second" will be added to the world's clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes 59...
People with anger disorder have decreased connectivity between regions of the brain
This image shows regions of the white matter skeleton in which connectivity in IED subjects was significantly lower than healthy controls.
Credit: Lee, et al,...
Boosting the potency of a broccoli-related compound yields a possible treatment for mac D
Buck researchers boosted the potency of a broccoli-related compound by ten times and identified it as a possible treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD),...
Most antidepressant drugs ineffective for children and teens, study finds
Most available antidepressants are ineffective, and some may be unsafe, for children and teenagers with major depression, according to the most comprehensive comparison of...
Liraglutide reduces blood sugars in patients taking large amounts of insulin
When Amy Sweat was 19 years old, while she was in the hospital recovering from surgery, she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Ms....
A new look at the galaxy-shaping power of black holes
It wasn't until the advent of X-ray astronomy that the full picture of the at the galaxy-shaping power of black holes began to emerge...
Astronomers find evidence of water clouds in first spectrum of coldest brown dwarf
Artist's rendering of WISE 0855 as it might appear if viewed up close in infrared light.
Credit: Illustration by Joy Pollard, Gemini Observatory/AURA
Since its detection...
Cannibalism among late Neanderthals in northern Europe
Archaeozoologist Cédric Beauval of Archéosphère (left), palaeoanthropologist Hélène Rougier from California State University Northridge (center) and Isabelle Crevecoeur of the University of Bordeaux (right)...
Many top selling sunscreens don’t offer adequate protection
About 40 percent of the top selling sunscreens on Amazon.com don't meet the American Academy of Dermatology's guidelines for sunscreens. This was largely due...
Evolution may have moved at a furious pace on a much warmer earth
A much faster pace of evolution means that species could have proliferated much more rapidly than they do now, affording the flora and fauna...
