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Searching for planets in the Alpha Centauri system
This image shows the closest stellar system to the Sun, the bright double star Alpha Centauri AB and its distant and faint companion Proxima...
Twelve new tombs discovered in Gebel el Silsila, Egypt
Researchers have discovered 12 new tombs dating from the 18th Dynasty (Thutmosid period).Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University
The Swedish mission at Gebel el Silsila,...
Implantable Microrobots: Innovative Manufacturing Platform Makes Intricate Biocompatible Micromachines
Fabrication and complete assembly of a Geneva drive device using the iMEMS method. The left panel shows the layer-by-layer fabrication of support structures and...
Recreating conditions inside stars with compact lasers
Representation of the creation of ultra-high energy density matter by an intense laser pulse irradiation of an array of aligned nanowires. Credit: R. Hollinger...
Study first to connect stress-associated brain activity with cardiovascular risk
Credit: Tawakol et al, 2017, The Lancet
A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISSMS) investigators...
Slo-mo unwrapping of nucleosomal DNA probes protein’s role
Using X-rays to visualize DNA (dark gray) and fluorescence to monitor the histone proteins (yellow and cyan), Cornell researchers led by professor and director...
Sketching Out Magnetism With Electricity
In the experiment, the scientists moved the electric tip along the surface and applied a positive voltage. The electric field aligns the spins of...
New technology enables 5-D imaging in live animals and humans
Image analysis technology developed by Francesco Cutrale and Scott Fraser of USC's Translational Imaging Center improves complex imaging of biomolecules such as those seen...
Incentive pay schemes can affect employee well-being
In contrast to previous studies, profit-related pay and employee share-ownership had a mix of negative and no significant effects on attitudes.Image Credit: Wikimedia
Incentive-related pay...
First look inside nanoscale catalysts shows ‘defects’ are useful
This illustration shows the setup for an experiment at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source that used infrared light (shown in red) and an atomic...
Yoga may have health benefits for people with chronic non-specific lower...
Image Credit: Flickr/steven sim
A new systematic review, published in the Cochrane Library today, suggests that yoga may lead to a reduction in pain and...
