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This image shows the recently discovered species of sulfur-oxidizing Thioploca bacteria. Image credit: Nathan Magarvey.

Macplocimine A: Scientists Discover New Macrolide Antibiotic

Oct 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists have found that a marine sulfur-loving microbe discovered recently near Chilean coastal fault line can produce a new 18-membered macrolide antibiotic,...

Young bonobo embraces a distressed companion during postconflict consolation at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image credit: Zanna Clay.

Young Bonobos Comfort Each Other Like Human Kids

Oct 15, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have discovered similarities between the emotional development of bonobos (Pan...

Professional and Amateur Astronomers Shed Light on Asteroid Sylvia

Oct 15, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists led by Dr Franck Marchis from the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute teamed up with amateur astronomers to discover that the...

This image shows a 46-million-year-old blood-engorged female mosquito from northwestern Montana. Image credit: Dale E. Greenwalt et al.

Blood Component Found in 46-Million-Year-Old Mosquito Fossil

Oct 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists led by Dr Ralph Harbach of Natural History Museum in London have reported a stunning discovery: a well-preserved 46-million-year-old female...

This is an artist's rendition of the Milky Way, overlaid with results from the survey of early star-forming clouds. Each dot represents a dark cloud of dense gas and dust in the process of collapsing to give rise to a future cluster of stars. Image credit: R. Hurt / NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSC.

Milky Way Galaxy’s Early Star-Forming Clouds Mapped

Oct 14, 2013 by News Staff

The biggest-ever survey of dense clumps in our Milky Way Galaxy, published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, has catalogued and mapped 6,194...

This artist's impression shows the exoplanet Corot-7b, which is so close to its Sun-like host star that it must experience extreme conditions. Image credit: ESO / L. Calcada.

Astronomers Discover Thirteen Exoplanets Skimming Stellar Surface of Host Stars

Oct 14, 2013 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, a team of astronomers led by Carnegie Institution scientist Dr Brian Jackson has found 13 extrasolar planets...

Researchers mapped brain activity when volunteers read poetry and prose. The results show that poetry is like music to the human mind. Image credit: Jens Langner.

fMRI Study Reveals Differences in Brain Response to Poetry and Prose

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

Researchers from the University of Exeter, UK, have used the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology to map the different ways in which...

This image shows a tsetse fly. Image credit: Oregon State University.

Engineered Bacteria Could Help Combat Deadly Disease of Sleeping Sickness

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

A new study, reported in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, has shown that two bacteria – one of them genetically modified...

This image shows petal-like shells of the giant early-type galaxy PGC 6240. Image credit: ESA / Hubble team / NASA; acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt.

PGC 6240: Astronomers Spot Distant ‘White Rose’ Galaxy

Oct 11, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of astronomers has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to observe petal-like shells of the elliptical galaxy PGC 6240. This...

Arapaima leptosoma (adapted from Donald Stewart, Copeia 2013; background: the Meyers).

New Species of Giant Fish Arapaima Discovered in Brazil

Oct 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Prof Donald Stewart from Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at State University of New York has described a new species of arapaima from the...

This is an artist's impression of a rocky and water-rich asteroid being torn apart by the strong gravity of the white dwarf star GD 61. Image credit: Mark A. Garlick, Space-art.co.uk / University of Warwick / University of Cambridge.

Astronomers Discover Water-Rich Asteroid Debris Orbiting White Dwarf GD 61

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

British and German astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory have detected the remains of an asteroid...

Nanorods or nanoropes of carbine would be stronger than graphene or even diamond if they can be manufactured. Image credit: Vasilii Artyukhov / Rice University.

Carbyne: Material could be Stronger than Graphene, Diamond

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

According to scientists at Rice University, a material called carbyne will be the strongest material if and when anyone can make it in bulk. Nanorods or...

This is an aerial photo of the portico discovered at the archaeological site of Argilos. Image credit: Jacques Perreault, the University of Montreal.

Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Portico in Argilos, Greece

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Canada and Greece has discovered a 2,700-year-old portico at the archaeological site of Argilos. This is an aerial...

This fluorescence image shows endothelial cells. Image credit: Kandasamy, Biomedical Microscopy Core, Paul D. Coverdell Center.

Endothelial Cells Can Repair and Regenerate Organs, Researchers Find

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

According to two studies published in the journal Stem Cells and the journal Developmental Cell (full paper), damaged or diseased human organs may someday...

This is an artist's impression of the free-floating planet PSO J318.5-22. Image credit: MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz.

PSO J318.5-22: Free-Floating Exoplanet Found 80 Light-Years from Earth

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Pan-STARRS 1 wide-field survey telescope on Haleakala, Maui, have discovered a very young free-floating planet named PSO J318.5-22. This...

This image shows the Toby Jug Nebula. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Capture Stunning New Image of Toby Jug Nebula

Oct 9, 2013 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed image of the reflection nebula IC 2220, also known as the...

This image shows a 5.5 km-diameter LARLE crater on Mars. Image credit: Northern Arizona University.

Planetary Scientists Discover New Type of Impact Craters on Mars

Oct 9, 2013 by News Staff

Northern Arizona University scientist Prof Nadine Barlow and Dr Joseph Boyce from the University of Hawaii have discovered a new class of Martian impact...

Researchers from Australia and Germany have identified seventy individual steroids, including stenols, steradienols, stanols, stanones, sterenes, steradienes, diasterenes, diasteranes, mono- and triaromatic steroids, in this 380-million-year-old fossil. Image credit: Ines Melendez, Curtin University's WA Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre.

Cholesterol, Other Steroids Found in 380-Million-Year-Old Crab-Like Fossil

Oct 9, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists led by Ines Melendez from Curtin University have identified 70 intact steroidal compounds in a 380-million-year-old crustacean fossil from the...

This image shows Tutankhamun's pectoral with a scarab carved from the Libyan Desert Glass. Image credit: Jon Bodsworth.

Libyan Desert Glass: Diamond-Bearing Pebble Provides Evidence of Comet Striking Earth

Oct 8, 2013 by News Staff

A mysterious black pebble found by an Egyptian geologist at the Libyan Desert Glass strewnfield provides the first ever evidence of a comet entering Earth’s...