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The Geode of Pulpí, Spain. Image credit: Canals et al, doi: 10.1130/G46734.1.

Scientists Reconstruct Geological History of Spain’s Giant Geode

Oct 16, 2019 by News Staff

In a paper published in the journal Geology, Dr. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz from the Universidad de Granada and colleagues reveal the geological history...

Polyonyx socialis, female, Mun Island, Nhatrang Bay, south coast of Vietnam, South China Sea; right side of carapace deformed by parasitic isopods. Scale bar – 3 mm. Image credit: A. Hiller & B. Werding, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.876.37244.

Marine Biologists Discover Two New Species of Porcelain Crabs

Oct 16, 2019 by News Staff

A duo of marine biologists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and the Justus-Liebig-Universität in Germany has discovered and...

Venus in real colors, processed from Mariner 10 images. Image credit: Mattias Malmer / NASA.

Venus May Never Have Been Wet and Warm World

Oct 16, 2019 by News Staff

A team of planetary researchers from the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and elsewhere has found that a volcanic flow on Venus’ Ovda Regio highlands...

A capuchin monkey. Image credit: Georgia State University.

Capuchin and Rhesus Monkeys Outsmart Humans When It Comes to Cognitive Flexibility

Oct 16, 2019 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, when it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, capuchin...

3D render of the semiconductor nanostructure. Image credit: Hermann Edlbauer.

Researchers Control Quantum State of Single Electron Using High-Frequency Sound Waves

Oct 15, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of scientists sent high-frequency sound waves across a modified semiconductor device to direct the behavior of a single electron,...

Wamelink et al were able to harvest radishes and radish seeds, cress and cress seeds, rye seeds, rocket, tomatoes and peas on Mars and Moon soil simulants. This photo shows experimental trays on April 16, 2015, seven days after sowing. Image credit: Wamelink et al, doi: 10.1515/opag-2019-0051.

Tomatoes, Peas and Several Other Crops Grow Well in Simulated Martian and Lunar Dirt

Oct 15, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A new experiment conducted by researchers at the Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands shows that it’s possible to grow crops on Martian...

Lessiniabatis aenigmatica from the Eocene of Bolca Lagerstätte. Scale bars – 10 cm. Image credit: Marrama et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50544-y.

Eocene-Epoch Stingray Had Unique Body Plan

Oct 15, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of prehistoric stingray with an exceptional anatomy, which greatly differs from living species, has been identified from fossils found in...

False-color and X-ray images of the giant arc in SPT-CLJ2344-4243: the X-ray-emitting giant arc is shown relative to the center of the foreground lensing galaxy cluster in a false-color image at optical wavelengths; the inset shows Chandra X-ray (left) and Hubble optical (right) images of the giant arc at a scale 1.5 times larger; the optical colors here are given by Hubble imaging data in the F850LP (red), F775W (green) and F475W (blue) filters; two magenta circles indicate the locations of the X-ray emission from the giant arc in both inset panels; the lensing geometry of the giant arc is a pair of merging images, where the lower and upper halves of the arc are each a single image with mirror symmetry. Image credit: Bayliss et al, doi: 10.1038/s41550-019-0888-7.

Phoenix Cluster’s Gravity Magnifies X-Rays from Extremely Distant Star-Forming Galaxy

Oct 15, 2019 by News Staff

Astronomers have used a huge group of galaxies called the Phoenix cluster as a cosmic magnifying glass to detect X-ray emission from a very distant dwarf...

Nguyen et al examined the effect of an acute but moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on glucose metabolism, lipid levels and dietary preference in adolescent and/or adult rat offspring. Image credit: Bridgesward.

Even Small Amounts of Alcohol during Pregnancy Can Cause Insulin Resistance in Male Offspring

Oct 15, 2019 by News Staff

‘Special occasion drinking’ during pregnancy could cause insulin resistance, which increases the likelihood of diabetes, in male offspring, suggests...

Dwarf galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei that have spatially extended outflows. Image credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Black Hole-Driven Winds Suppress Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies

Oct 14, 2019 by News Staff

Supermassive black hole-driven outflows in dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolution of these galaxies by suppressing star formation, according...

This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the yellow hypergiant HR 5271A. Image credit: A. Lobel / NASA / Spitzer Space Telescope / IRAC.

Study Sheds New Light on Evolution of Yellow Hypergiants

Oct 14, 2019 by News Staff

In a study published this month in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, astronomers analyzed the properties of four yellow hypergiant stars, including...

Humpback whale bubble-net feeding. Image credit: University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Researchers Capture Stunning Video of Whale Bubble-Net Feeding

Oct 14, 2019 by News Staff

A research team led by University of Hawai’i at Manoa marine biologists has captured whale’s-point-of-view and aerial drone video of humpback whale...

This Hubble image reveals a detailed view of part of the disk of the spiral galaxy NGC 4380. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / P. Erwin.

Hubble Captures Detailed Image of NGC 4380

Oct 14, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacularly detailed image of a galaxy called NGC 4380. This Hubble image reveals a detailed view...

This composite image, obtained by the Gemini North Multi-Object Spectrograph on the 8.2-m Gemini North telescope, shows the interstellar comet C/2019 Q4. Image credit: Gemini Observatory / NSF / AURA / Travis Rector.

Diatomic Carbon Detected in Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

Oct 13, 2019 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have detected the emission from the small carbon chains C2 in the coma of 2I/Borisov, the first known interstellar comet to visit our Solar...

Milky Way Captured Few Dwarf Galaxies from Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud

Oct 11, 2019 by News Staff

Our Milky Way Galaxy is orbited by more than 50 companion galaxies. According to new research led by University of California, Riverside astronomers, several...

Lunar Water Ice May Have Multiple Sources, Researchers Say

Oct 11, 2019 by News Staff

Lunar orbiters such as India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently detected water icy on the floor of some...

Honeybees are Even Better Mathematicians than We Thought

Oct 11, 2019 by News Staff

Humans have a threshold limit for instantly processing one to four elements accurately; and it seems that our species is not alone, says a team of scientists...

This illustration envisions the Milky Way Galaxy’s gas recycling above and below its stellar disk. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Player, STScI.

Milky Way Galaxy Accretes More Gas Than Expected

Oct 11, 2019 by News Staff

Using data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have calculated the mass inflow and outflow rates of cool ionized gas around our...

Human breast milk. Image credit: Amada44 / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Study: Human Milk Contains Powerful Antimicrobial Compound

Oct 10, 2019 by News Staff

Human breast milk contains many known antimicrobial and immunomodulatory molecules, including immunoglobulins, antimicrobial peptides, and fatty acids....