Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. van Weeren et al; Optical: NAOJ/Subaru;
Astronomers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike any ever seen before. Two of the most...
How Far Away is That Galaxy? Vast Catalog Has Answers
This graphic shows all the cosmic light sources in the sky that are included in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), an online repository containing...
Scientists find how cancer cells can shrug off physical constraints on growth and spread
Scientists have revealed how cancer cells are able to break free of the physical restraints imposed by their surroundings in order to grow and...
Startup offers “online booking” for industrial water
Sourcewater provides users with a list and interactive map of all available fresh and wastewater, treatment facilities, shippers, and other water-based services. Users can...
How the brain perceives rhythm
A team of neuroscientists has found that people are biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios — for example, a...
New microscope chemically identifies micron-sized particles
Multiple species of micron-sized particles are simultaneously illuminated by an infrared laser and a green laser beam. Absorption of the infrared laser light by...
The mystery of part-time pulsars
The pulsar pictured here, which resides in the Messier 82 galaxy 12 million light-years away, sends out X-ray beams that pass Earth every 1.37...
Alarming levels of hypertension found in the general public
Image Credit: Flickr/jasleen_kaur
A new study finds that 50% of the Canadian public is unaware that they suffer from high blood pressure, with most of...
Clinical guidelines to reduce risk of peanut allergy
NIH-Sponsored Expert Panel Issues Clinical Guidelines to Prevent Peanut Allergy.Recommendations Focus on Introducing Peanut-Containing Foods to Infants. Image Credit: Flickr/NIAID
An expert panel sponsored by...
Potential instability in Atlantic Ocean water circulation system
Researchers at Yale University show that the possibility of a collapsed AMOC under global warming is hugely underestimated.Image Credit: Flickr/Vanessa Vancour
One of the...
Living close to major roads linked to increase in dementia risk
A study of over 6.5 million Ontario residents raises public health concerns about the impact of air pollution and noise. Credit: Public Health Ontario...
