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Clearest Infrared Image of Milky Way’s Central Region Unveiled

A new high-resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around Milky Way’s central black. Image credit: Roche et al, doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty129.
Feb 28, 2018 by News Staff

Using data from the CanariCam infrared camera on the Gran Telescopio Canarias, astronomers have created a high resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. A new high-resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around Milky Way’s central black. Image credit: Roche et al, doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty129. The center of almost every galaxy...

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Chimps and bonobos use gestures to initiate and change positions during grooming. Image credit: Catherine Hobaiter.

Bonobo and Chimp Gestures Overlap in Meaning, Study Finds

Feb 28, 2018 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal PLoS Biology, two closely related great ape species — the bonobo (Pan paniscus) and the common chimpanzee...

The Eastern Indian red scorpion (Buthus tamulus) in Mangaon, Maharashtra, India. Image credit: Shantanu Kuveskar / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scorpion Venom Toxin Reduces Severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Rats

Feb 28, 2018 by News Staff

Dr. Christine Beeton from Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues have found that iberiotoxin — one of the components in the venom of a scorpion...

Little skates (Leucoraja erinacea). Image credit: Monash University.

Study: Fish Were Walking 400 Million Years Ago — Long Before Land-Dwelling Vertebrates

Feb 27, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has uncovered information about the nerve networks required for walking on land, suggesting the last common ancestor...

The 1,800-year-old Roman mosaic uncovered in Caesarea, Israel. Image credit: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Colorful Roman Mosaic Unearthed in Israel

Feb 27, 2018 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a 1,800-year-old beautiful mosaic in the Caesarea National Park, Israel. The...

Trachemys haugrudi represents a new species of fossil turtle that lived in what is now eastern Tennessee more than 5.5 million years ago. Image credit: Mary P. Williams.

Paleontologist Discovers New Fossil Turtle Species in Tennessee

Feb 27, 2018 by News Staff

University of Pennsylvania paleontologist Steven Jasinski has announced the discovery of a previously unknown species of fossil turtle in the Gray Fossil...

A Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) with three cubs at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, 1909. Image credit: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

3D Digital Models Reveal Tasmanian Tiger’s Development from Joey to Adulthood

Feb 27, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Museums Victoria and the University of Melbourne has scanned all known joey specimens of the Tasmanian tiger...

ALMA Records Giant Stellar Flare on Proxima Centauri

Feb 27, 2018 by News Staff

Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers discovered that a giant stellar flare erupted from Proxima Centauri...

This illustration depicts a 3D computer-generated image of a group of Escherichia coli. Image credit: James Archer, CDC.

Scientists Discover New Link between Obesity and Gut Bacteria

Feb 26, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists at Lund University in Sweden has found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition...

Tasmanian tigers (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity. Image credit: University of Melbourne / Museums Victoria.

Tasmanian Tiger Genome Sequenced

Feb 26, 2018 by News Staff

Scientists have produced the first high-quality genomic sequence for the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known as the thylacine. Tasmanian...

If the Moon has enough water, and if it’s reasonably convenient to access, future explorers might be able to use it as drinking water or to convert it into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel or oxygen to breathe. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Water is Widely Distributed across Lunar Surface, Study Suggests

Feb 26, 2018 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience indicates that water may be more prevalent on the lunar surface than previously thought. If the...

Some of the Botai horses were found to carry genetic variants causing white and leopard coat spotting patterns. Image credit: Ludovic Orlando / Sean Goddard / Alan Outram.

Research Sheds New Light on Origins of Domestic and Przewalski’s Horses

Feb 26, 2018 by News Staff

New research overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii), a rare and endangered animal native to the steppes...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the dwarf irregular galaxy IC 4710. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Observes Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC 4710

Feb 26, 2018 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the dwarf galaxy IC 4710. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

A well-preserved scale extracted from a lake sediment core. Image credit: Montoro Girona et al, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00002.

Fossil Moth Scales Can Uncover Prehistoric Secrets, Scientists Say

Feb 23, 2018 by News Staff

A groundbreaking new technique for studying lake sediments can tell scientists more about the frequency and intensity of past and future insect epidemics,...

La Pasiega Cave, section C, cave wall with paintings: the ladder shape composed of red horizontal and vertical lines (center left) dates to older than 64,000 years and was made by Neanderthals. Image credit: P. Saura.

Iberian Peninsula’s Earliest Cave Paintings Were Made by Neanderthals: Study

Feb 23, 2018 by News Staff

A new study shows that paintings in three cave sites on the Iberian Peninsula — a red linear motif in Cave of La Pasiega, a hand stencil in Maltravieso...

Transmission electron micrograph of ranaviruses (hexagons), members of the family Iridoviridae. Image credit: Electron Microscopy Unit, Australian Animal Health Laboratory / CSIRO.

Researchers Discover ‘Insulin-Producing’ Viruses

Feb 23, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Harvard Medical School’s Joslin Diabetes Center has identified four viruses that can produce insulin-like...

Light-controlled neuron activation using optogenetics allows modulation of specific circuits but is invasive and requires genetic engineering. Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed a silicon-based nanowire that allows light modulation of neurons without genetic engineering, paving the way for optical control of neural activity to other neurological models. Image credit: Gerry Shaw / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Develop Nanowiring for Optical Control of Neuron Activation

Feb 23, 2018 by Zvi Cramer

Researchers have designed silicon nanowires that allow modulation neuronal activity using light, allowing manipulation of specific neural circuits without...

Seltmann et al studied Asian timber elephants in Myanmar. Image credit: John Jackson.

Study: Asian Elephants Have Complex Personalities

Feb 22, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and the University of Turku, Finland, has investigated the personality structure of Asian elephants...

An adult Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) swims in the waters off Belize. Image credit: Ivy Baremore, MarAlliance.

Cryptic New Species of Shark Identified: Atlantic Sixgill Shark

Feb 22, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of marine biologists from the United States and Belize has confirmed that sixgill sharks residing in the Atlantic Ocean are a different...

The human spermatozoon tail is a highly complex machine that consists of around a thousand different types of building blocks. Image credit: University of Gothenburg.

Researchers Find Previously Unknown Structure in Human Spermatozoon Tails

Feb 22, 2018 by News Staff

By using cryo-electron tomography, an international team of scientists has identified a completely new nanostructure — named the Tail Axoneme Intra-Lumenal...

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