RIT researchers propose that the outer gas disk of spiral galaxies could be teeming with black holes that emit gravitational waves as they collide. Shown here is the Southern Pinwheel galaxy seen in ultraviolet light and radio wavelengths. The...
The deep image of Messier 77 taken with the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) mounted at the Subaru Telescope. The picture is created by adding the color information from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Note 1) to the monochromatic image acquired...
Penn researchers leading the DARPA-funded Restoring Active Memory project constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from nearly 300 neurosurgical patients. Above, the image on the left represents the ~30,000 electrodes used...
3D confocal image of differentiated fat cells showing ankyrin B-GLUT4 complexes (red isosurface dots) decorating the plasma membrane. Isosurface of lipid droplets and nuclei in gold and in blue, respectively.
Credit: Courtesy of Damaris N. LorenzoC
Obesity is often attributed to...
A new textile made from a reversible fabric could warm or cool wearers and keep them comfortable. Two layers of material with different abilities to release heat energy are stacked together and sandwiched between layers of polyethylene.
Credit: Yi Cui...
Dinosaur tracks in Plagne, France (stock image).
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In 2009, the world's largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of excavations at the site has...
Mass extinction only occurred when the asteroid having 9-km diameter hit the orange areas.Credit: Kunio Kaiho
An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of...
Beyond limited shared preferences, people really do have different "types."
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Many of us have had the experience of disagreeing with friends or family about which celebrity is more attractive. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell...
University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Mabel Rice directs a longitudinal study of language development in 1,000 sets of Australian twins from birth through adolescence.
Credit: Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Western Australia
A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth...
Femoral head bones of different species illustrating the size range in the hominin lineage. From top to bottom: Australopithecus afarensis (4-3 million years; ~40 kg, 130 cm); Homo ergaster (1.9-1.4 million years; 55-60 kg; ~165 cm); Neanderthal (200.000-30.000 years;...
This is a chip-scale glass microspherical shell sensor array blown on a silicon substrate. Insert is a near-perfect spherical shell.
Credit: Tadigadapa Lab/Penn State
In London's St. Paul's Cathedral, a whisper can be heard far across the circular whispering gallery as...
