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Astronomy and Space
Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of stars
January 3, 2016Stars like the Sun puff up and become red giants towards the end of theirlives. The...
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Earth
Meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet releasing faster
January 3, 2016Rivers of meltwater forming on the Greenland ice sheet and flowing toward the sea. Credit: Dirk...
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Astronomy and Space
Rotational clock for stars needs recalibration
January 3, 2016This is the ”South Pillar” region of the star-forming region called the Carina Nebula. Like cracking...
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Physics
Cold fermions keep distance from each other
January 3, 2016Single atom resolved fluorescence image of a band insulator of fermionic lithium in an optical lattice....
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Other
Why too much evidence can be a bad thing
January 3, 2016In a police line-up, the probability that an individual is guilty increases with the first three...
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Astronomy and Space
Searching for water in the atmosphere of a Neptune-mass exoplanet HAT-P-26b
January 3, 2016This artist’s concept depicts a planetary system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech (Phys.org)—HAT-P-26b is an inflated, Neptune-mass exoplanet located...
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Astronomy and Space
No fireworks in the galactic center
January 3, 2016A false-color infrared image of the region around the nucleus of our Milky Way, the supermassive...
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Physics
Coulomb blockade in organic conductors found, a world first
January 3, 2016Coulomb blockade currents measured in a conducting polymer monolayer and a 2D charge transport model. Background...
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Technology
Renewable energy employed 8.1 million in 2015: IRENA
May 24, 2016China, Brazil, the United States, India, Japan and Germany were the top countries in providing jobs...
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Other
Women in southern Germany Corded Ware culture may have been highly mobile
May 24, 2016Location of sampled sites and other CW sites mentioned in the text. Credit: Map by K-G...
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Biology
US fishing generated more than $200 billion in sales in 2015; two stocks rebuilt in 2016
May 8, 2017Total sales generated by US commercial and recreational fishing industries, 2015. Credit: NOAA U.S. commercial and...
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Biology
This is what happened to you after death, a video shows, Hail Science
December 6, 2015We can thank the majority of human history for giving science the ability to examine the...
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Technology
Ransomware, the weapon wielded in cyber attacks
June 26, 2017Ransomware, which is a type of virus that locks computer files until the user pays a...
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Biology
How Lyme disease bacteria spread through the body
August 24, 2016Individual bacteria, shown in unique colors, interacting with the surface of human endothelial cells under flow....
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Technology
Finding solitude in an era of perpetual contact
May 26, 2016Don’t neglect to unplug and be actually alone. Credit: shutterstock.com Being alone has many benefits. It...
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Physics
Twelve from MIT honored by the American Physical Society
October 30, 2017Twelve members of the MIT community are among those recently honored with prizes and fellowships by...
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Astronomy and Space
NASA: Massive Cloud on Collision Course with the Milky Way
December 7, 2016In 1963, an astronomy student named Gail Smith working at an observatory in the Netherlands discovered...
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