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Hubble Sees a Dying Star’s Final Moments
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Matej Novak. Text credit: European Space Agency
A dying star’s final moments are captured in this image from the...
Pinpointing a Genetic ‘Switch’ That Offers Clues to Evolutionary Origins of Fine Motor Skills
Researchers have identified a genetic signature found exclusively in the nerve cells that supply, or innervate, the muscles of an organism's outermost extremities: the...
Sorting machine for atoms
Scientists at their sorting machine for Atoms (from left): Dr. Andrea Alberti, Carsten Robens, Prof. Dr. Dieter Meschede, Dr. Wolfgang Alt and Stefan Brakhane.Credit:...
Climate change responsible for the great diversity in horses
Three species of Hipparion, that lived in the Iberian peninsula between 9 million years and 5 million years ago.Credit: MAURICIO ANTÓN
Changing environments and ecosystems...
Dual-function nanorod LEDs could make multifunctional displays
A laser stylus writes on a small array of multifunction pixels made by dual-function LEDs than can both emit and respond to light. Credit:...
Scientists estimate solar nebula’s lifetime
By studying the magnetic orientations in ancient meteorites, an MIT team has determined that the solar nebula — the vast of disc of gas...
Malaria mosquitoes sensitive to horseradish
The dark red illustration shows the human counterpart to the temperature receptor of the malaria mosquito which has now been studied. The mechanism of...
Researchers develop device that emulates human kidney function
This reusable, multi-layered and microfluidic device incorporates a porous growth substrate, with a physiological fluid flow, and the passive filtration of the capillaries around...
The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think
Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays—streaming music and video, checking email and social media, or obsessively reading the news—few of...
Poor and less educated suffer the most from chronic pain
People with lower levels of education and wealth don't just have more pain, they also have more severe pain.Image credit:Flickr/Julian K.
Poorer and less-educated...
Dwarf star 200 light-years away contains life’s building blocks
This artist's concept shows a massive, comet-like object falling toward a white dwarf. New Hubble Space Telescope findings are evidence for a belt of...
