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If you could zoom way, way out to look at the universe at its largest scale, you’d see that it’s made up of a colossal cosmic web. Now, astronomers have detected shockwaves moving through this web, providing new insights into large-scale magnetic field… Continue reading Astronomers detect shockwaves in colossal cosmic web
Scientists have described a new disease called plasticosis, which is directly caused by – you guessed it – plastic waste in the environment. While the disease has so far only been identified in the digestive tracts of seabirds, the scale of the problem… Continue reading “Plasticosis:” New disease in birds highlights dangers of microplastics
Scientists have developed a new type of cancer vaccine that shows promise in clearing out leukemia in mice. The technique involves reprogramming cancer cells into immune cells so that they can teach the immune system how to fight off the disease.Contin… Continue reading Experimental vaccine reprograms cancer to launch immunotherapy attack
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre star system containing two ultra-cool dwarf stars that are so close together they orbit each other in less than a day. Oh, and they’re invisible to the human eye.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astron… Continue reading Pair of invisible stars found locked in tight 17-hour orbit
Back in September, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a potential planetary defense technique. To mark the publication of four new scientific papers that confirm the method works, NASA has now released a video of the impact… Continue reading Hubble captures timelapse video of DART spacecraft impacting asteroid
Scientists have developed a new technique that could eventually lead to new potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The team investigated a compound that breaks down a protein associated with the disease, with tests in mice improving symptoms.
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Continue reading New drug target shows promise in mice as potential Alzheimer’s treatment
Exactly how life arose out of non-living matter is a major mystery, and a new study has found that natural selection may have played a role before life itself even existed on Earth. By recreating the primordial soup, scientists identified how a cocktai… Continue reading Ancient protein study reveals how natural selection predates life itself
We’re willing to bet you’ve never given much thought to how bugs urinate, but even if you did you probably wouldn’t imagine them using butt-based pinball paddles to flick drops of pee at 40 G’s, using physics never before seen in nature.Continue Readin… Continue reading Bug hacks physics with “butt flickers” to launch pee at 40 G’s
Astronomers have been tracking a mysterious object near the center of the galaxy for decades, and now a new study has shed light on its identity – and its eventual fate in the coming years, when it will likely be slurped up by the supermassive black ho… Continue reading 20-year study watches strange, doomed object at the center of the galaxy
Scientists at Georgia Tech have discovered a new quantum state in a quirky material. In a phenomenon never before seen in anything else, the team found that applying a magnetic field increased the material’s electrical conductivity by a billion percent… Continue reading New quantum state boosts material’s conductivity by a billion percent