New data obtained with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory point to the origin of the supernova SN 1604, the famous explosion that was discovered by the...
Fragments of an early human skull dating back 100,000 years exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Tulane University in New Orleans have discovered a clear genetic link between fat and bone mass.
Scientists...
A newly discovered binary brown dwarf is the third-closest star system to our Solar System, and the closest system discovered since 1916.
An artist’s...
Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an array of 66 radio telescopes located in the dry and cloudless Atacama Desert...
In a controversial paper published in the March issue of the Journal of Cosmology, scientists from Cardiff University with colleagues from Sri Lanka and...
An international team of genetic researchers led by Prof Merlin Crossley from the University of New South Wales has found the third and final missing piece...
Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth found in 1975 in a cave called Razboinichya in southern Siberia, Russia, confirms that the tooth belonged...
U.S. genetic researchers led by Prof James McManaman from the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine have found that deleting a gene called Perilipin...
An extremely rare African American Y chromosome found in an individual who submitted his DNA to a company specializing in DNA analysis to trace family...
Scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station have found an 18 kg chondrite embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet.
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Researchers at Yale University and the Texas Tech University have found a way of predicting whether a given glass will be ductile or brittle.
A glass sculpture...
A new theoretical study of Earth-like exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars, accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
By studying a bright blue pigment used in Ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago, U.S. chemists have uncovered clues toward the development of new nanomaterials...
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has made the first observations of a planet outside our Solar System that’s...
U.S. scientists have discovered that a protein called Jagged-1 stimulates stem cells to differentiate into bone-producing cells.
Structure of the Jagged...
A new study in mice led by Prof Bo Li of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory examines how fear responses are learned, controlled, and memorized. The findings...
U.S. scientists led by Prof Genhong Cheng of the University of California Los Angeles have identified a natural protein with broad virus-fighting properties...
