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This Hubble image shows part of the Coma cluster of galaxies. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible region of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Two filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Coma Cluster

Sep 17, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a detailed image of a spectacular part of the Coma cluster, a structure of over a thousand galaxies bound...

A square-tailed drongo in Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa. Image credit: Alan Manson / CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Bird Species Discovered in Africa: Western Square-Tailed Drongo

Sep 17, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of ornithologists has discovered a new species of drongo living in the forests of western Africa. A square-tailed drongo in Mkhuze...

(A) the location of Raqefet Cave and three additional Natufian sites in Mt. Carmel, Israel; (B) field photos of the studied boulder mortars (BM 1, 2) and the location of BM3 on the cave floor; scale bar and arrow - 20 cm; (C) a functional reconstruction of the mortars: a boulder mortar used to store plants in a basket with a stone slab on top, and a bedrock mortar used for pounding and cooking plants and brewing beer. Image credit: Dror Maayan / Anat Regev-Gisis.

13,000-Year-Old Brewery Found in Israel

Sep 17, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Haifa has found the oldest archaeological evidence of cereal-based...

Dairy consumption was associated with lower risk of mortality and major cardiovascular disease events in a diverse multinational cohort. Image credit: Rita E.

Higher Dairy Consumption Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Sep 17, 2018 by News Staff

According to investigators from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, dairy intake of around three standard servings per day is associated...

Unlike most supernovae that fade away, SN 2012au continues to shine today thanks to a powerful new pulsar. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. DePasquale, STScI.

Astronomers Witness Birth of Pulsar from Energetic Supernova Explosion

Sep 14, 2018 by News Staff

A team of astronomers has observed a new phenomenon in the aftermath of SN 2012au, an extremely energetic supernova discovered on March 14, 2012 in the...

Zhang et al used artificial intelligence to search through radio signals recorded from FRB 121102. Image credit: Breakthrough Listen Initiative.

AI Helps Astronomers Detect New Pulses from Mysterious Repeating Radio Source

Sep 14, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers at Breakthrough Listen, a scientific program in search for signs of intelligent life in the Universe, have applied machine-learning techniques...

Image of the Blombos Cave silcrete flake displaying the drawn lines that form a cross-hatched pattern. Image credit: C. Foster.

Earliest Known Drawing by Human Discovered in South Africa

Sep 14, 2018 by News Staff

A cross-hatched pattern drawn with an ochre crayon on a small piece of siliceous rock (silcrete) is 73,000 years old. It pre-dates the earliest previously...

Abell 370, a massive galaxy cluster located in the constellation Cetus, approximately 4 billion light-years away, is the first target of the BUFFALO survey, which aims to search for some of the first galaxies in the Universe. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Koekemoer / M. Jauzac / C. Steinhardt / BUFFALO Team.

Hubble Captures Wide-Field View of Galaxy Cluster Abell 370

Sep 14, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a spectacular image of Abell 370, a massive galaxy cluster embedded among nearly thousands...

Karshalev et al created a micromotor pill and demonstrated its attractive use as a platform for oral delivery of active micromotors: (A) left: schematic of in vivo administration of a micromotor pill for actuation in the stomach; right: schematic of the micromotor pill composition consisting of a lactose/maltose pill matrix and the encapsulated a magnesium/titanium dioxide/polylactic-co-glycolic acid (Mg/TiO2/PLGA) micromotors; a zoom-in view illustrates the micromotor structure consisting of a Mg microsphere core with a TiO2 shell layer and a cargo-loaded PLGA film coating; (B) schematic of micromotor pill dissolution in gastric fluid and subsequent micromotor release; (C) left: image showing different sizes of disk-shaped micromotor pills; center: microscope image showing the dissolution of a micromotor pill in gastric fluid simulant; right: propulsion of the released Mg-based micromotors in gastric fluid simulant. Image credit: Karshalev et al, doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03760.

Researchers Create Micromotor Pill

Sep 14, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego has found a way to encapsulate micromotors into pills. The pill’s coating protects the...

The bonobo (Pan paniscus). Image credit: Pierre Fidenci / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Study: Infants Use Same Gestures as Chimpanzees

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

Great apes of all species — human and non-human — communicate using a combination of different types of signals: vocalizations, gestures, facial...

The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica shows the continent in stunning detail. Image credit: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

New High-Resolution Map of Antarctica Unveiled

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

A team of cartographers and researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Ohio State University has produced a high-resolution terrain map of Antarctica...

This VLT/FORS2 image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3981. Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Captures Best View Ever of NGC 3981

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a striking image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3981. This VLT/FORS2 image shows the spiral...

An experimental vaccine that boosts the immune system’s ability to fight cancers could work in tandem with other cancer therapies to fight aggressive tumors. Image credit: Julio C. Valencia, NCI Center for Cancer Research.

Experimental Vaccine-Adjuvant Combination Eliminates Melanoma in Mice

Sep 13, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has demonstrated that adding an ‘adjuvant’...

Hensleigh et al developed a new process to 3D print graphene structures. Image credit: Hensleigh et al, doi: 10.1039/C8MH00668G.

Scientists Find New Way to 3D Print Graphene Objects

Sep 12, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists at Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed a new 3D printing process to create complex objects out...

Diclofenac is associated with an increased risk of major cardiovascular events. Image credit: Petr Vnukko.

Diclofenac Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Health Risks

Sep 12, 2018 by News Staff

A traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) called diclofenac poses a cardiovascular health risk compared with no use, paracetamol use,...

An artist’s impression of a jet emanating from NGC 4993. Image credit: J.A. Biretta et al / NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team / STScI / AURA / Sci-News.com.

Jet from Neutron-Star Merger GW170817 Appeared to Move Four Times Faster than Light

Sep 12, 2018 by News Staff

Radio observations using a combination of NSF’s Very Long Baseline Array, the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope...

Increasing daily fasting times made mice healthier and live longer compared to mice who ate more frequently. Image credit: Mitchell et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.08.011.

Study: Daily Fasting Improves Health and Longevity in Male Mice

Sep 12, 2018 by News Staff

A new study led by the National Institute on Aging shows that a long daily period of fasting improves the health and survival of male mice, regardless...

This image, taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), shows the massive galaxy cluster SDSS J1138+2754. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Giant Cluster’s Gravity Distorts, Magnifies Light from Distant Galaxies

Sep 11, 2018 by News Staff

SDSS J1138+2754, a galaxy cluster located approximately 5 billion light-years away in the constellation Leo, is so massive that its gravity distorts, brightens,...

Four Eastern box turtle rattles tied to leather legging with leather string with stone flakes inside of the shells. Image credit: Andrew Gillreath-Brown / McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee.

North American Indigenous Peoples Used Turtle Shells as Symbolic Musical Instruments

Sep 11, 2018 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, turtles served as more than tasty treats for Native American tribes throughout North America;...