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Myth busted: No link between gigantic asteroid break-up, rise in biodiversity
Zircones.Credit: Anders Lindskog
Some 470 million years ago, during the middle part of the geological period known as the Ordovician, an asteroid collision took place...
Hubble captures brilliant star death in ‘rotten egg’ nebula
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example...
Looking for entangled atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Photo shows equipment used for observing entangled Bose-Einstein condensates. Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech
Using a Bose-Einstein condensate composed of millions of sodium atoms, researchers...
Mother’s diet in pregnancy may have lasting effects for offspring
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life.Image credit: Flickr/Dan Zen
A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes...
Over 80% of online ad effect is on offline sales
Online display ads can increase both online and offline retail sales, providing valuable insight for future marketing decisions, say researchers.Image credit: Flickr/Rawle C. Jackman
According...
Mathematically optimizing traffic lights in road intersections
Mathematical equations that model vehicular traffic, similar to fluid flow, are able to capture nonlinear phenomena, such as, traffic jam formation,Image Credit: Flickr/Thomas Hassel
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Thirdhand smoke affects weight, blood cell development in mice
Researchers Pin Wang (left) and Antoine Snijders investigate blood cells collected from mice exposed to thirdhand smoke. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)
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Researchers model superluminous supernova in 2-D for the first time
Astrophysicist Ken Chen ran 2D simulations with Berkeley Lab's CASTRO code on NERSC's Edison supercomputer to better understand the physical conditions that create superluminious...
Researchers chart global genetic interaction networks in human cancer cells
Using genome-wide CRISPR screens, Wang et al. identified clusters of genes that act together to carry diverse sets of biological processes that support cell...
Sleep research high-resolution images show how the brain resets during sleep
This picture shows 3-D reconstructions of electron microscope images of tree branch-like dendrites. At the end of the branches are cup-like structures called the...
Trouble getting to sleep? Scientists say go camping
A camping spot on the Rocky Mountains during the winter. Credit: Sleep and Chronobiology Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
In our modern times, many...
