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‘Cinema 3D’ could show 3D movies to any seat in a theater, with no eyewear required. Image credit: Christine Daniloff / MIT.

Cinema 3D: New Display Enables Viewers to Watch 3D Movies without Extra Eyewear

Jul 25, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a paper published in the journal ACM Transactions on Graphics, researchers from the United States and Israel have demonstrated a display that lets you...

Graham. Image credit: Transport Accident Commission of Victoria, Australia.

Graham: Hypothetical Human Who Can Survive High-Speed Car Crash

Jul 25, 2016 by News Staff

Australian artist Patricia Piccinini, trauma surgeons and crash investigation experts have collaborated to produce ‘Graham,’ an educational tool for...

Crystal structure of beta-Ti3Au (blue – titanium, red – gold). Image credit: Rice University.

New Biocompatible Alloy is Four Times Harder than Pure Titanium

Jul 25, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new biocompatible alloy has been developed, and it’s about 3-4 times harder than most steels and pure titanium. Crystal structure of beta-Ti3Au (blue...

This image from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 is likely the best of the supernova remnant DEM L316A, which resides in the galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA/ ESA / Hubble / Y. Chu.

Hubble Zooms in on Supernova Debris in Large Magellanic Cloud

Jul 25, 2016 by News Staff

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the remains of a supernova explosion known as DEM L316A. This image...

Human pap smear showing Chlamydia trachomatis in the vacuoles at 500x. Image credit: Lance Liotta Laboratory.

Scientists Develop First Widely Protective Vaccine against Chlamydia

Jul 22, 2016 by News Staff

A team of scientists in Canada has developed the first widely protective vaccine against chlamydia, a common sexual transmitted infection. Human pap smear...

Archaeologists Find 40,000-Year-Old Rope-Making Tool in Germany

Jul 22, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists excavating a cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany have found what they believe is a rope-making tool nearly 40,000 years old. A...

Murusraptor barrosaensis: New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Argentina

Jul 22, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of theropod dinosaur has been discovered by a duo of paleontologists – Prof. Philip Currie from the University of Alberta in Canada and...

In the center of this Hubble image is the immense galaxy cluster Abell S1063, located 4 billion light-years away, and surrounded by magnified images of galaxies much farther. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Lotz, STScI.

Hubble Snaps Extraordinary Image of Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063

Jul 21, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking photo of Abell S1063, a massive cluster of galaxies in the constellation Grus. In the center...

Matthew Glasser et al. discovered that our brain’s cortex is composed of 180 distinct areas per hemisphere. For example, the image above shows areas connected to the three main senses -- hearing (red), touch (green), vision (blue) and opposing cognitive systems (light and dark). Image credit: Matthew Glasser / David Van Essen.

Neuroscientists Release New Map of Human Cortex

Jul 21, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of neuroscientists from the United States and Europe has mapped 180 distinct areas, including 97 that were previously unknown, in...

Exoplanets TRAPPIST-1b and c Confirmed to be Rocky

Jul 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

TRAPPIST-1b and c, the two innermost planets in the three-planet system TRAPPIST-1, are primarily rocky, unlike gas giants such as Jupiter, according to...

Deposits of serpentinized rock such as this could be a previously overlooked source of free hydrogen gas. Image credit: NOAA Ocean Explorer.

Oceanic Lithosphere May Be Important, Previously Overlooked Source of Hydrogen Gas

Jul 20, 2016 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, rocks formed beneath the ocean floor by fast-spreading tectonic plates may...

An aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Image credit: David Haring.

Study with Aye-Ayes, Slow Loris Sheds Light on Origins of Alcohol Consumption

Jul 20, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In the first controlled study of its kind, a team of scientists at Dartmouth College has found that two species of non-human primates – the slow loris...

Security screening area. Image credit: Dan Paluska / CC0 1.0.

Real-Time, Hand-Held Scanner to Revolutionize Airport Security

Jul 20, 2016 by News Staff

A real-time, hand-held chemical scanner with stand-off detection capabilities has been unveiled by a team of researchers and engineers from nine European...

An artist’s rendition of the K2-72 planetary system. Image credit: NASA / JPL.

NASA’s Kepler/K2 Mission Confirms 104 New Extrasolar Planets

Jul 20, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

A team of astronomers has reported a huge haul of new exoplanets discovered and confirmed using data from the first year of the Kepler/K2 mission. Among...

STM image (96 x 126 nm) of a 1,016-byte atomic memory, written to a passage from physicist Richard Feynman’s lecture ‘There’s plenty of room at the bottom.’ The various markers used are explained in the legend below the images. The memory consists of 127 functional blocks and 17 broken blocks. Image credit: F.E. Kalff et al.

‘Atomic Memory’ Device Uses Single Atoms to Store Information

Jul 19, 2016 by News Staff

An international group of researchers from Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands has demonstrated an atomic-scale memory device with a storage density of...

Human Vaccine for Zika Virus May Have Potential

Jul 19, 2016 by Rafid Rahman

Transmission electron micrograph of Zika virus, which is a member of the family Flaviviridae. Virus particles are 40 nm in diameter, with an outer envelope,...

Turtle Shell Evolved for Burrowing, Study Suggests

Jul 19, 2016 by News Staff

A new study on the partially shelled fossil turtles suggests the broad-ribbed proto shell was initially an adaptation, not for protection, but rather for...

Talamancan palm-pitvipers (Bothriechis nubestris) are found in trees where their green and black pattern provides excellent camouflage. Image credit: University of Central Florida.

Talamancan Palm-Pitviper: Cryptic New Species of Venomous Snake Identified in Costa Rica

Jul 19, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of researchers led by University of Central Florida biologist Chris Parkinson has announced the discovery of a new species of venomous...

6,000-year-old plant remains in Yoram Cave; note the excellent dry preservation of reeds, seeds and pellets. Image credit: Martin Mascher et al.

Researchers Sequence Genome of Ancient Barley

Jul 18, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has obtained and analyzed the genome of five barley grains that date back to the Chalcolithic period, about 6,000 years...