Where’s the center of North America? Geographer’s new method finds a new answer
Where is the geographic center of a state, country or a continent?
It's a question fraught with uncertainty. Do you include water in your calculation?...
Theory provides roadmap in quest for quark soup ‘critical point’
The STAR collaboration's exploration of the "nuclear phase diagram" shows signs of a sharp border--a first-order phase transition--between the hadrons that make up ordinary...
Icy ridges found on Pluto
Pluto. "Penitentes" which are formed by erosion, are bowl-shaped depressions with spires around the edge, and are several meters high.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied...
Research reinforces role of supernovae in clocking the universe
New research confirms the role Type Ia supernovae, like G299 pictured above, play in measuring universe expansion.Credit: Courtesy of NASA
How much light does a...
Scientists tissue-engineer functional part of human stomach in laboratory
This confocal microscopic image shows tissue-engineered human stomach tissues from the corpus/fundus region, which produce acid and digestive enzymes. Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital...
Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy, and perhaps magnetar
While the Arecibo radio telescope could only localize the fast radio burst to the area inside the two circles, the VLA was able to...
2016 Edges 1998 as Warmest Year on Record
Monthly global lower troposphere anomaly. December 1978 to December 2016.Credit: UAH
Globally, 2016 edged out 1998 by +0.02 C to become the warmest year in...
Study confirms steady warming of oceans for past 75 years
Ocean buoy (green) and satellite data (orange) measuring sea surface temperatures compared to updated National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predictions concluded in 2015 (red)...
Promising new drug stops spread of melanoma by 90 percent
Michigan State University researchers have discovered that a chemical compound, and potential new drug, reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90...
Nanowire ‘inks’ enable paper-based printable electronics
Duke University chemists have found that silver nanowire films like these conduct electricity well enough to form functioning circuits without applying high temperatures, enabling...
ISRO to launch record 103 satellites in record single mission
Image Credit: ISRO
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a record 103 satellites — all but three of them foreign — at one go...
