Apr 23, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers at the European Space Agency have released a new view of the Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. This color view of Enceladus was taken by Cassini...

Apr 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has created ‘nanosponges’ capable of removing a broad class of toxins from the bloodstream,...

Apr 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Using observations with NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earths in the habitable...

Apr 18, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the most detailed view yet of the supernova SN 1006. X-ray image of the SN 1006...

Apr 17, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A study of Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) published in the journal PLoS ONE has revealed that the Moon, water temperature and even time...

Apr 17, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A study published in the journal Neurology shows that, in some families, only one gene may be responsible for fainting, also known as vasovagal syncope. Fainting...

Apr 16, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers at the Rockefeller University and a pharmaceutical company have developed a new antibiotic that kills a wide range of bacteria, including methicillin-resistant...

Apr 12, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international scientific collaboration led by Dr Ruth Loos of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, and Dr Erik Ingelsson of the Uppsala University,...

Apr 12, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Israeli archaeologists excavating in the Qiryat Menachem quarter of Jerusalem have unearthed remains of a ritual bath dating back to the late Second Temple...

Apr 11, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers from the Florida Institute of Technology’s Department of Physics and Space Science have developed a new model of exactly how terrestrial...

Apr 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study led by Dr Akash Sinha from Newcastle University has shown that vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy...

Apr 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have captured the first images of a dust belt orbiting a subgiant star known to host a planetary system. Kappa...

Apr 9, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a study published in the journal Current Biology, the vocal lip-smacks that wild gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada) use in friendly encounters...

Apr 3, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Chinese paleontologists led by Dr Tao He from the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History in Hangzhou have identified a new species of thalattosaur from a fossil...

Apr 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that instead of suppressing the body’s immune response, fish oil actually enhances...

Mar 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that a breath test profile of gut microorganisms may be able to...

Mar 29, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new research published in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes genetically engineered Escherichia coli bacteria being addicted to caffeine in...

Mar 26, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A research team led by Harvard University scientists has measured the magnetic moment of the antiproton more accurately than ever before. Antiproton annihilation....

Mar 26, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new research led by marine scientists at the Michigan State University has confirmed the shark specimen caught in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011 was a bull...

Mar 25, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers at Dartmouth College created a breakthrough device that can immediately detect the presence of secondhand cigarette smoke, and even...