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Champagne owes its taste to the finely tuned quality of its bubbles
Ever wondered how the fate of champagne bubbles from their birth to their death with a pop enhances our perception of aromas? These concerns,...
The magical reindeer nose
The illustration shows cross-sections of a reindeer nose. It clearly shows the complex structure of the nose, which looks like the cross section of...
Sunlight offers surprise benefit: It energizes infection fighting T cells
Researchers have found that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T cells that play a central role in human immunity.Image...
Heart-related deaths spike at christmas
Image Credit: Flickr/Sharon Sinclair
Heart-related deaths spike during Christmas, but the effect may have nothing to do with the cold winter season, according to new...
Biologist disputes conclusions of recent papers on biological magnetism
Credit: Caltech
Caltech biologist Markus Meister is disputing recent research claiming to have solved what he describes as "the last true mystery of sensory biology"—the...
Existence of a short-lived tetraneutron predicted
Tetraneutron. Credit: Andrey Shirokov
A research team at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, using new interaction between neutrons, has theoretically justified the low-energy tertaneutron resonance...
Visualizing gene expression with MRI
An illustration of aquaporin's effect on cells. Credit: M. Shapiro Laboratory/Caltech
Genes tell cells what to do—for example, when to repair DNA mistakes or when...
First movie of energy transfer in photosynthesis solves decades-old debate
Using ultrafast imaging of moving energy in photosynthesis, scientists have determined the speed of crucial processes for the first time.
This should help scientists understand...
First detection of ammonia in the upper troposphere
Distribution of the atmospheric ammonia concentration in June, July, and August 2008 at 15 km height as observed by MIPAS. Bright areas are measurement...
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Species Lost Teeth as Adults
As Limusaurus grew from adolescent to adult, it lost its teeth and did not grow a new set.Credit: George Washington University
Researchers have discovered that...
One step closer to reality: Devices that convert heat into electricity
Scanning transmission electron microscope image of a nickel-platinum composite material created at The Ohio State University. At left, the image is overlaid with false-color...
