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ESO’s MUSE Instrument Explores Hubble Ultra Deep Field

This color image shows the Hubble Ultra Deep Field region, as observed with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Image credit: ESO / MUSE HUDF Collaboration.
Dec 1, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have observed the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), a much-studied patch of the southern constellation of Fornax. The scientists measured distances and properties of almost 1,600 very faint galaxies. The results appear in a special issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. This color image shows the Hubble Ultra Deep Field region, as observed...

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Palmer et al found that spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through precise control of the size, shape, and packing density of the tiles of guanine that together make up an image-forming mirror at the back of each of the eyes. This image shows the great scallop (Pecten maximus). Image credit: Ceri Jones, Haven Diving Services.

Scallop Eyes Work Like Little Reflecting Telescopes, Researchers Find

Dec 1, 2017 by News Staff

An international group of biologists from Israel and Sweden has obtained a detailed view of a scallop’s visual system — an arrangement of up to...

According to Albuquerque et al, dogs have a functional understanding of emotional expressions. Image credit: Djul.

Study: Dogs Lick Their Mouths as Response to Angry Faces

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Brazil and the United Kingdom has analyzed mouth-licking behavior of domestic dogs, and found that this behavior...

A still frame from the Patterson-Gimlin film, a famous motion picture of an unidentified subject filmed on October 20, 1967 by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin on Bluff Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River about 25 road miles north-west of Orleans, California.

Purported Yeti Samples Are Genetically Identical to Asian Bears, DNA Study Says

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

The Yeti, a mysterious ‘hominid’-like creature said to inhabit the high mountains of Asia, looms large in the mythology of Nepal and Tibet. Now, a...

A new depiction of Anchiornis and its contour feather. Image credit: Rebecca Gelernter.

Feathered, Bird-Like Dinosaur Anchiornis Was Even Fluffier than We Thought

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

A study published this week in the journal Palaeontology has revealed new details about feathers of the chicken-sized, feathered, bird-like dinosaur Anchiornis. A...

An ALMA image of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy showing the location of 11 young protostars within about 3 light-years of Sagittarius A*. The lines indicate the direction of the bipolar lobes created by high-velocity jets from the protostars. The illustrated star in the middle of the image indicates the location of Sagittarius A*. Image credit: ALMA / Yusef-Zadeh et al / B. Saxton / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

ALMA Spots Eleven Protostars near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has revealed the telltale signs of 11 low-mass stars forming close – within just 3 light-years...

Gonzalez et al assessed molecular responses of human fat cells to 6 weeks of morning fasting. Image credit: StockSnap.

For Fat Cells, Breakfast is Most Important Meal of the Day

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new study from the Universities of Bath and Nottingham, UK, regularly eating breakfast affects fat cells by decreasing the activity of genes...

Prehistoric Central European women’s manual labor was tougher than rowing in today’s boat crews.

Study: Prehistoric Women Were Stronger Than Today’s Female Athletes

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

Prehistoric women that lived in Central Europe during the first 5,500 years of farming had stronger upper arms than living female rowing champions, according...

The Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei). Image credit: Mackenzie Gerringer, University of Washington.

Meet Mariana Snailfish, World’s Deepest-Dwelling Fish

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

In the frigid darkness of the Mariana Trench swims the world’s deepest-living fish — the Mariana snailfish (Pseudoliparis swirei). The Mariana...

Dr. Wheeler (front) developed a switchable photovoltaic window along with (from left) Nathan Neale, Robert Tenent, Jeffrey Blackburn, Elisa Miller, and David Moore. Image credit: Dennis Schroeder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Researchers Develop Switchable Photovoltaic Window

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers at the U.S. DoE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed a thermochromic window capable of converting sunlight into...

Atomic hydrogen gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud as imaged with CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Image credit: Australian National University / CSIRO.

ASKAP Telescope Captures Most Detailed Radio Image of Small Magellanic Cloud

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at the Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory in Australia have created...

Garlic is rich in ajoene, allicin, and thiosulfinates -- sulfurous compounds that can boost the immune system. Image credit: Thomas Ulrich.

Garlic Compound Can Fight Chronic Bacterial Infections, New Study Shows

Nov 29, 2017 by News Staff

Ajoene, an active sulfurous compound found in garlic, is able to destroy important components in the communication systems of Staphylococcus aureus and...

This image, taken with the Wide Field Imager camera on the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows the Sculptor dwarf galaxy. Image credit: ESO.

3D Motions of Stars in Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy Hint at Underlying Dark Matter

Nov 28, 2017 by News Staff

Based on the combination of data taken 12 years apart by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have pinned down for...

Jiang et al provide a long-sought explanation for the beneficial fat-fighting effects of cinnamon. Image credit: Hans Braxmeier.

New Study Explains Fat-Fighting Effects of Cinnamon

Nov 28, 2017 by News Staff

Cinnamaldehyde, an essential oil that gives cinnamon its flavor, activates thermogenic and metabolic responses in fat cells, or adipocytes, according to...

This image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array shows a central ring of matter and a crescent structure within the circumstellar disk around V1247 Orionis. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / S. Kraus, University of Exeter.

Astronomers Find Dust Trap in Circumstellar Disk around V1247 Orionis

Nov 28, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have identified a so-called dust trap — a region where dust particles can...

Heisz et al examined the combined effect of physical exercise and cognitive training on memory and neurotrophic factors in healthy, young adults. Image credit: Sasin Tipchai.

Study: Intense Physical Exercise Boosts Memory

Nov 28, 2017 by News Staff

A team of researchers has found that six weeks of intense exercise — short bouts of interval training over the course of 20 minutes — showed...

An aerial shot of the Glenfield Park roundhouse. Image credit: University of Leicester Archaeological Services.

Rare Collection of Iron Age Metal Artifacts Discovered in England

Nov 27, 2017 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have unearthed a rare collection of Iron Age metal artifacts, including decorated cauldrons, a complete...

Coloration of fresh specimens: Hippocampus haema (left), H. coronatus (center), and H. sindonis (right). Image credit: Han et al, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.712.14955.

Marine Biologists Discover New Species of Seahorse: Hippocampus haema

Nov 27, 2017 by Natali Anderson

A new species of seahorse has been discovered in the northern Pacific Ocean, near Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Coloration of fresh specimens: Hippocampus...

Proton is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of every atom. This artist’s impression shows a proton and a neutron. Image credit: Joanna Griffin / Jefferson Lab / Penn State.

Physicists Precisely Measure Proton’s Magnetic Moment

Nov 27, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a paper published in the journal Science, a team of physicists from Japan and Germany reports the most precise measurement ever made of the magnetic...

Angiogenesis is a process by which new blood vessels are formed from pre-existing ones. Image credit: Arek Socha.

Researchers Find Key to Regenerating Blood Vessels

Nov 27, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr. Masanobu Komatsu of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has identified a signaling pathway that is essential...

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