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Dogan et al developed a way to cure dental cavities. Image credit: University of Washington.

New Biogenic Dental Product Rebuilds Tooth Enamel, Treats Cavities

Apr 16, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the University of Washington has developed a new dental product that uses protein amelogenin-derived peptides to remineralize tooth...

This artist’s concept shows a hypothetical exoplanet around the binary star system of Kepler-35A and B. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Short-Period Double Stars Can Eject Their Planets, Study Suggests

Apr 13, 2018 by News Staff

So-called circumbinary planets — those planets that orbit around a binary star, like the fictional Tatooine from the Star Wars — can be ejected...

Stonefish are packing switchblades in their faces. Image credit: Frank am Main / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stonefish Have Switchblade-Like Defensive System, Researchers Say

Apr 13, 2018 by News Staff

A team of marine biologists from the University of Kansas and the Field Museum, Chicago has discovered a remarkable defensive system — ‘lachrymal...

Ecological restoration of moths in the Cretaceous Burmese amber forest. Image credit: Dinghua Yang.

Fossil Study Sheds Light on Mesozoic Butterfly and Moth Wing Colors

Apr 13, 2018 by News Staff

New research by a team of scientists from the University of Exeter and elsewhere offers an illuminating insight into iridescent colors found on the earliest...

A nasal vaccine successfully suppressed peanut allergy in mice. Image credit: Skeeze.

Nasal Vaccine Turns Off Peanut Allergy in Mice: Study

Apr 13, 2018 by News Staff

Just three monthly doses of a nasal vaccine protected mice from allergic reactions upon exposure to peanut, according to a study published in the Journal...

This composite image, derived from data collected by the JIRAM instrument aboard NASA’s Juno orbiter, shows the central cyclone at Jupiter’s north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. JIRAM collects data in infrared, and the colors in this composite represent radiant heat: the yellow (thinner) clouds are about 9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 13 degrees Celsius) in brightness temperature and the dark red (thickest) are around minus 181 degrees Fahrenheit (83 degrees Celsius). Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / ASI / INAF / JIRAM.

New Flyover Video Takes You on Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole

Apr 12, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

Researchers on NASA’s Juno mission shared a 3D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the north polar region...

A snapshot of a simulation showing a binary black hole formed in the center of a globular cluster. Image credit: Northwestern Visualization / Carl Rodriguez.

Globular Star Clusters May Foster Repeated Merging of Multiple Black Holes

Apr 12, 2018 by News Staff

Stellar-mass black holes that reside in globular clusters — small regions of space, usually at the edges of a galaxy, that are packed with hundreds...

A cold and windy spring night on the vast landscape of the Devon Ice Cap where two subglacial lakes are lurking 1,805 to 2,460 feet (550-750 m) below the surface. Image credit: Anja Rutishauser.

Geophysicists Discover Two Salty Subglacial Lakes in Canadian Arctic

Apr 12, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of geophysicists has discovered two hypersaline lakes beneath the Devon Ice Cap, one of the largest ice caps in the Canadian Arctic. A...

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing can cause hundreds of unintended mutations. Image credit: Lisichik.

‘Junk’ DNA Plays Crucial Role in Holding Genome Together: Study

Apr 12, 2018 by News Staff

A new study published online in the journal eLife indicates that satellite DNA — commonly called ‘junk’ DNA — performs the vital function...

New SPHERE images are revealing the dusty disks surrounding nearby young stars in greater detail than previously achieved; they show a bizarre variety of shapes, sizes and structures, including the likely effects of planets still in the process of forming. Image credit: ESO / H. Avenhaus et al / E. Sissa et al / DARTT-S & SHINE collaborations.

ESO’s SPHERE Instrument Sees Weird and Wonderful Dusty Disks around Young Stars

Apr 11, 2018 by News Staff

A series of images from the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile shows dusty...

The Al Wusta-1 finger bone from Saudi Arabia. Image credit: Ian Cartwright.

90,000-Year-Old Finger Bone Found in Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human Migration History

Apr 11, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized human finger bone in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia estimated to be about 90,000 years...

Giant ichthyosaurs Shonisaurus. Image credit: Nobumichi Tamura.

Giant Triassic Ichthyosaur is One of Biggest Animals Ever

Apr 11, 2018 by News Staff

According to a study released this week in the journal PLoS ONE, an isolated bone from the lower jaw of a prehistoric marine reptile found in Somerset,...

The Carolina Reaper, also known as the HP22B, is a cultivar of Capsicum chinense. Image credit: Magnolia677 / CC BY 4.0.

Thunderclap Headaches: Rare Case Caused by ‘Carolina Reaper’ Chili Pepper

Apr 11, 2018 by News Staff

Taking part in a hot chili pepper eating contest might have some unexpected consequences, according to a team of doctors from Bassett Medical Center and...

This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid -- 1I/2017 U1 (’Oumuamua). Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Radio Astronomers Check Interstellar Asteroid Oumuamua for FM Band Signals

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

A highly-elongated metallic or rocky object — known as 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua — came from another star system, prompting speculation it could...

Composite image of an erupting solar prominence observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on August 31, 2012. Image credit: NASA / SDO / GSFC.

Gigantic Solar ‘Tornadoes’ Don’t Rotate After All

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

A new study indicates that solar tornadoes may have been misnamed because scientists have so far only been able to observe them using 2D images. Composite...

A Homo heidelbergensis, a Neanderthal and a Cro-Magnon. Image credit: SINC / José Antonio Peñas.

Mobile Eyebrows Played Important Role in Human Survival, Research Suggests

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

New research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution contributes to a long-running debate about why archaic hominins had gigantic brow...

Incredibly sophisticated series of vocal repertoires and acoustic systems of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) suggest that they are capable of forming very complex relationships and groups. Image credit: Lisa Barry, NOAA / NMFS / AFSC / MML.

Beluga Whales Value Culture and Family Ties: Study

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

In a groundbreaking genetic kinship study, a research team led by the Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is the first...

Some of the bronze coins found at the Ophel site near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Eilat Mazar / Hebrew University.

Hoard of Bronze Coins from ‘Great Revolt’ Unearthed in Jerusalem

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

A cache of rare coins from the period of the Jews’ Great Revolt against the Romans has been discovered at the Ophel archaeological site near the Temple...

Shi et al revealed diverse virus-host associations across the entire evolutionary history of the vertebrates. Image credit: Monoar Rahman Rony.

New Research Changes Understanding of Virus Origins and Evolution

Apr 9, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Australia and China has found that many of the viruses infecting us today have ancient evolutionary histories that date back...