Home 2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Groundbreaking new technology could allow 100-times-faster internet by harnessing twisted light beams
Broadband fiber-optics carry information on pulses of light, at the speed of light, through optical fibers. But the way the light is encoded at...
Electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form perchlorates
The zip of electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form the huge amounts of perchlorate found in the planet's soils, according to new...
Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers
New research, published today in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has found evidence for a large number of double supermassive...
Student discovers slowest ever pulsar star
An approximately 14 million year old pulsar star that is the "slowest-spinning" of its kind ever identified has been discovered by a Ph.D. student...
Scientists capture images of antibodies working together against malaria
Scientists investigating how the human immune system defends against malaria have uncovered a rare phenomenon: antibodies working together to bind to a vulnerable spot...
Russian physicists postulate the existence of dark matter-based Bose stars
Researchers developed a mathematical model describing motion of dark matter particles inside the smallest galaxy halos. They observed that over time, dark matter may...
Breakthrough test screens for all known bacterial infections
Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have developed the first diagnostic platform...
Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry
A collection of mini-spectrometer chips are arrayed on a tray after being made through conventional chip-making processes. Credit: Felice Frankel
Spectrometers—devices that distinguish different wavelengths...
Researchers discover drug that could combat brain cell death in those with Alzheimer’s disease
One of the hallmark traits of Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating disorder marked by memory deficits and general cognitive decline, is the accumulation in the...
Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter
The forthcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a huge instrument allowing astronomers to study phenomena including black holes colliding and gravitational waves...
Astronomers propose a new method for detecting black holes
A stellar mass black hole is a compact object with a mass greater than three solar masses. It is so dense and has such...
