NRL detects opposite spin in topological insulator surface states
To clearly distinguish the polarization contributions from the linear Dirac and parabolic 2DEG surface states, the NRL research team selected two materials: Bi2Se3, a...
Can garnet planets be habitable?
Artist rendition of interior compositions of planets around the stars Kepler 102 and Kepler 407. The picture shows what minerals are likely to occur...
The elements of life mapped across the Milky Way by SDSS/APOGEE
The six most common elements of life on Earth (including more than 97% of the mass of a human body) are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,...
Scientists use light to control the logic networks of a cell
Credit: © Flickr/Jonas Forth
Proteins are the workhorse molecules of life. Among their many jobs, they carry oxygen, build tissue, copy DNA for the next...
Development of face recognition entails brain tissue growth
Researcher shows the child images of his brain just taken on the MRI machine. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the...
Humans occupied Tibetan Plateau thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Humans likely established permanent settlements on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau between 13,000-7,400 years ago, according to new research published this week in the journal...
Cancer death rate has dropped 25 percent since 1991 peak
The cancer death rate dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 161.2 (per 100,000 population) in 2014, the latest...
Using fat to help wounds heal without scars
Comparison of wounds healing with and without hair follicles. Credit: Penn Medicine
Doctors have found a way to manipulate wounds to heal as regenerated skin...
Scientists use light to control the logic networks of a cell
Proteins are the workhorse molecules of life. Among their many jobs, they carry oxygen, build tissue, copy DNA for the next generation, and coordinate...
Physicists solve decades-old scientific mystery of negative differential resistance
Animation of negative differential resistance. Credit: University of Alberta
With a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research, a Nobel Prize, and...
Deepest X-ray Image Ever Reveals Black Hole Treasure Trove
This is the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, made with over 7 million seconds of observing time with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray:...
