New GAIA data reveals mergers in Milky Way
University of Groningen astronomers have discovered relics of merger events in the Milky Way halo. Five small groups of stars appear to represent mergers...
New 28-GHz transceiver paves the way for future 5G devices
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have designed and fabricated a tiny, but incredibly fast, reliable, and accurate 28-GHz transceiver meant for stable high-speed...
Experiments trace interstellar dust back to solar system’s formation
Note: This press release was adapted from an original release by the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu.
Experiments conducted at the Department of...
Diamond dust shimmering around distant stars
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across...
Pandoravirus: Giant viruses invent their own genes
Three new members have been isolated and added to the Pandoravirus family by researchers at the Structural and Genomic Information Laboratory (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université), working...
A surprising twist on skyrmions
Vortex structures are common in nature, reaching from swirls in our morning coffee to spiral galaxies in the universe. Vortices are been best known...
Speculative wormhole echoes could revolutionize astrophysics
The scientific collaborations LIGO and Virgo have detected gravitational waves from the fusion of two black holes, inaugurating a new era in the study...
Researchers ask Americans ‘What does God look like?’
A team of psychologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used a new technique to construct what a large sample...
‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have made strides in performing weight loss surgery that not only reverses obesity but can also reverse type...
Scientists watch bacteria ‘harpoon’ DNA to speed their evolution
Indiana University scientists have made the first direct observation of a key step in the process that bacteria use to rapidly evolve new traits,...
Nanodiamonds responsible for mysterious source of microwaves across the Milky Way
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across...
