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ALPHA experiment observes the light spectrum of antimatter for the first time
CERN.Credit: Image courtesy of CERN
In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical...
Genetics link sleep disturbance with restless legs syndrome, schizophrenia and obesity
A team of American and British scientists have for the first time discovered genetic connections between sleep disturbance and a range of medical disorders...
‘Tiny earthquakes’ help scientists predict mountain rock falls
Two of the six limestone block samples used in University of Sussex's Permafrost Lab were from the north face of Zugspitze (the highest mountain...
Astronomers release largest digital survey of the visible Universe
This compressed view of the entire sky visible from Hawai'i by the Pan-STARRS1 Observatory is the result of half a million exposures, each about...
CRISPR screening identifies potential HIV treatment targets
Investigators from Whitehead Institute, the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing...
Satellites help discover a jet stream in the Earth’s core
Swarm's three satellites provide a high-resolution picture of the Earth's magnetic field. Credit: European Space Agency
A jet stream within the Earth's molten iron core...
Earliest evidence discovered of plants cooked in ancient pottery
Rock art painting showing a human figure collecting plants. Credit: The Archaeological Mission in the Sahara. Sapienza University of Rome.
A team of international scientists,...
Pregnancy changes mother’s brain structure, study shows
Brain regions with volume changes after pregnancy. Credit: Oscar Vilarroya
A study directed by researchers from the UAB and IMIM are the first to reveal...
180-million-year-old rocks lend insight into Earth’s most powerful earthquakes
The raggedness of the ocean floors could be the key to triggering some of the Earth's most powerful earthquakes, scientists from Cardiff University have...
Space-based lidar shines new light on plankton
An artist's rendering shows a laser beam from a satellite-mounted LIDAR instrument probing the plankton-rich waters of Earth's northern and southern oceans. Credit: Tim...
No trace of dark matter in gamma-ray background
The data that were analysed in the work described here. Fluctuations in the isotropic gamma-ray background, based on 81 months of data. Emission from...
