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High-resolution microCT image of the chimpanzee’s os cordis. Image credit: Moittié et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66345-7.

Some Chimpanzees Have Tiny Bone in Their Heart

Jun 11, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers in the UK has discovered that some individuals of the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), particularly those affected by myocardial...

Collision event recorded by ATLAS. Image credit: CERN.

CERN Physicists Search for Rare Decays of Higgs Boson

Jun 10, 2020 by News Staff

Physicists from CERN’s ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) and CMS (Compact-Muon-Solenoid) collaborations presented their latest results at the 2020 Large...

An artist’s impression of an orbital modulation model where the FRB progenitor (blue) is in an orbit with a companion astrophysical object (pink). Image credit: Kristi Mickaliger.

Enigmatic Fast Radio Burst Repeats on 157-Day Cycle

Jun 10, 2020 by News Staff

A research team led by University of Manchester astronomers has carried out a long-term monitoring campaign of a repeating fast radio burst called FRB...

A bright pink lesser flamingo shoving a paler bird. Image credit: Paul Rose.

Pinker Lesser Flamingos are More Aggressive, New Study Says

Jun 10, 2020 by News Staff

Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor), a species of flamingo found in sub-Saharan Africa and India, do not have a breeding season — they breed when...

An example of the lunar rockfall. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / ASU.

Planetary Scientists Create First Global Map of Lunar Rockfalls

Jun 10, 2020 by News Staff

Using an artificial intelligence and big data-driven approach, a team of planetary researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research...

Life reconstruction of an adult and a juvenile Overoraptor chimentoi. Image credit: Gabriel Lio.

New Bird-Like Dinosaur Discovered: Overoraptor chimentoi

Jun 10, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of paravian theropod dinosaur has been identified from fossils found in Patagonia, Argentina. Life reconstruction of an adult and...

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

New Study Sheds Light on Diet of Juvenile Great White Sharks

Jun 9, 2020 by News Staff

The diet of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) is about 32% mid-water fish, 17% bottom-dwelling fish, 5% reef fish, and 15% batoid fish such...

The precision measurements of tritium and helium-3 nuclei reveal new questions in understanding of nuclear structure. Image credit: DOE’s Jefferson Lab.

Experiments with Tritium and Helium-3 Reveal New Questions in Understanding of Nuclear Structure

Jun 9, 2020 by News Staff

Physicists from the Jefferson Lab Hall A Tritium Collaboration have compared the nuclei of helium and hydrogen isotopes to each other to get a clearer...

This mosaic of Saturn and its largest moon Titan combines six images -- two each of red, green and blue spectral filters -- to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with Cassini’s wide-angle camera on May 6, 2012, at a distance of approximately 778,000 km (483,000 miles) from Titan. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Titan Migrates Away from Saturn Faster than Previously Thought

Jun 9, 2020 by News Staff

Saturn is orbited by 82 moons, and tidal friction within the giant planet causes the moons to migrate outwards. In a study published this week in the journal...

Falerii Novi: GPR time-slice at an estimated depth of 0.8-0.85 m: (1) forum tabernae (shop units); (2) a temple; (3) a theater; (4) a macellum; (5) a bath complex; (6) a porticus; (8) streets. Image credit: L. Verdonck / Google Earth.

Archaeologists Use Ground-Penetrating Radar to Map Ancient Roman City of Falerii Novi

Jun 9, 2020 by News Staff

The first high-resolution ground-penetrating radar survey of a complete ancient Roman town — Falerii Novi, in Lazio, Italy — has revealed previously...

An artist’s impression of a four-planet system. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Sun-Like Star Kepler-160 Has Super-Earth in Habitable Zone

Jun 9, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope have discovered two new planets in the Kepler-160 planetary system. One of the new planets...

These images from the THEMIS camera on NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter show Phobos during different phases: waxing, waning and full. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU / NAU.

Mars Odyssey Captures New Thermal Images of Phobos

Jun 8, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter have captured new infrared images of Phobos, the...

An artist’s impression of an ultraluminous X-ray pulsar. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Find Ultraluminous X-Ray Pulsar in Magellanic Bridge

Jun 8, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using ISRO’s AstroSat space observatory have detected a very rare ultraluminous X-ray source in the Magellanic Bridge, a 43,000-light-year-long...

Popular Heartburn Drug Famotidine May Help Fight Mild to Moderately Severe COVID-19 Cases

Jun 8, 2020 by News Staff

Famotidine is widely available over the counter at low cost, does not interact with other medications and has been safely used for suppression of gastric...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2608, a barred spiral galaxy located 64 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The picture was created from images taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It combines observations gathered in four different filters, bringing together visible and infrared light to show off this galaxy in all its glory. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Riess et al.

Hubble Looks at Peculiar Spiral Galaxy

Jun 8, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this stunning image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2608. This Hubble image shows NGC 2608, a barred spiral...

Kolarik et al find link between level of vision impairment and audio accuracy. Image credit: Melmak.

People with Severe Vision Loss Less Accurately Judge Distance of Nearby Sounds, Study Shows

Jun 5, 2020 by News Staff

A new study shows that greater severity of vision loss is associated with increased auditory judgments of distance and room size; on average, participants...

Illustration of one of the early settlers in the Caribbean. Image credit: Tom Björklund.

Humans Colonized Caribbean Islands in Three Waves: Study

Jun 5, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of 93 ancient Caribbean islanders and found evidence of at least three separate...

Navajoceratops sullivani and Terminocavus sealeyi. Image credit: Ville Sinkkonen & Denver Fowler.

Two New Species from New Mexico Help Fill Gap in Evolution of Horned Dinosaurs

Jun 5, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Two new transitional species of plant-eating horned dinosaurs have been unearthed in New Mexico, the United States. Navajoceratops sullivani and Terminocavus...

A hair-bearing skin organoid. Image credit: Indiana University School of Medicine.

Scientists Create Hair-Bearing Human Skin from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Jun 5, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from several U.S. institutions has created an organoid culture system that generates complex skin from human pluripotent stem cells. A...