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Physicists Create New Form of Water

Visualization of molecular dynamics simulations showing the fast diffusion of hydrogen ions (pink trajectories) within the solid lattice of oxygen in superionic ice. Image credit: S. Hamel / M. Millot / J.Wickboldt / LLNL / NIF.
Feb 8, 2018 by News Staff

After many years of experiments, physicists have observed that under extreme temperatures and pressures, water takes on a new form called superionic ice. The results appear in the journal Nature Physics. Visualization of molecular dynamics simulations showing the fast diffusion of hydrogen ions (pink trajectories) within the solid lattice of oxygen in superionic ice. Image credit: S. Hamel / M. Millot / J.Wickboldt / LLNL / NIF. One of the most intriguing...

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Chimerarachne yingi resembles a spider in having fangs, male pedipalps, four walking legs and silk-producing spinnerets at its rear. However, it also bears a long tail. Image credit: Dinghua Yang.

Remarkable Tailed Arachnid Found in Burmese Amber

Feb 7, 2018 by News Staff

A remarkable tailed arachnid found in the mid-Cretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago) Burmese amber of Myanmar documents a key transition stage...

Jedek is spoken by about 280 individuals in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Image credit: Lund University.

Previously Unknown Language Emerges in Malaysia

Feb 7, 2018 by News Staff

A team of linguists from Lund University in Sweden announced this week they have identified an endangered minority language known as Jedek that is spoken...

Hubble Probes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Habitable-Zone Planets

Feb 6, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of exoplanets within the habitable zone around TRAPPIST-1....

This artist’s impression compares TRAPPIST-1 planets to the Earth at the same scale. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

TRAPPIST-1 Planets Are All Rocky, Contain Significant Amounts of Water

Feb 6, 2018 by News Staff

A new study has found that planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultracool dwarf star 38.8 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, are mostly made of...

View of the tunnel where the TOTEM experiment’s proton detectors are located. Image credit: TOTEM Collaboration.

CERN Physicists Find Evidence of Long-Sought Quasiparticle: Odderon

Feb 5, 2018 by News Staff

Physicists from the TOTEM experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered evidence of a subatomic quasiparticle dubbed an ‘odderon’ that...

Dual immunotherapy led to shrinkage of distant tumors and long-term survival of the animals, even in a stringent spontaneous tumor model. Image credit: Rilson S. Avelar.

Dual Immunotherapy Eliminates Tumors in Animal Cancer Models

Feb 5, 2018 by News Staff

Injecting amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into tumors in multiple types of mouse cancer models can eliminate all traces of cancer, according...

A view from from ridge in Mars’ Gale Crater. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS.

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Sends Home Spectacular Panorama

Feb 1, 2018 by News Staff

A new panoramic image from Curiosity provides a sweeping vista of the interior and rim of Gale Crater, including much of the rover’s route during its...

ALMA detected methanol, dimethyl ether, and methyl formate in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The far-infrared image on the left shows the full galaxy. The zoom-in image shows the star-forming region observed by ALMA. It is a combination of mid-infrared data from Spitzer and visible (H-alpha) data from the Blanco 4-m telescope. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / Herschel / ESA / NASA / JPL-Caltech / NOAO.

ALMA Detects Complex Organic Molecules in Large Magellanic Cloud

Feb 1, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered chemical ‘fingerprints’ of three complex organic molecules...

The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Image credit: Bouboulski / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Axolotl Genome Sequenced

Jan 31, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of researchers has successfully sequenced, assembled and analyzed the genome of the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), an enigmatic...

Life reconstruction of Mansourasaurus shahinae. Image credit: Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

New Species of Titanosaur Unearthed in Egypt: Mansourasaurus shahinae

Jan 30, 2018 by News Staff

Paleontologists in Egypt have found fossil fragments from a new species of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that walked the Earth around 80 million years...

Artist’s impression of the trio of super-Earth exoplanets. Image credit: ESO.

Found: Three Super-Earths in Orbit around Cool Dwarf Star

Jan 29, 2018 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using data from the NASA Kepler spacecraft’s reborn K2 mission have found a triple system of super-Earth exoplanets around a cool star called...

Horses. Image credit: Toni X. Jesse.

Paleontologists Propose New Theory on Horse Evolution

Jan 26, 2018 by News Staff

Researchers have long wondered how horses evolved from a five-toed ancestor to the single-toed animal we know today. While it is largely believed that...

Oldest Modern-Human Fossil Outside Africa Found in Israel

Jan 26, 2018 by News Staff

An upper jawbone complete with teeth found at a site called Misliya Cave, part of a complex of prehistoric caves along the western slopes of Mount Carmel...

Thin-section electron microscopy of an agar overlay containing plaques of the representative Autolykiviridae virus 1.008.O; virus particles in contact with cell membranes are observed to occasionally possess tail-tube-like structures, whereas those not in contact with cells do not. Image credit: Kauffman et al, doi: 10.1038/nature25474.

Scientists Find New Type of Virus in World’s Oceans: Autolykiviridae

Jan 25, 2018 by News Staff

Non-tailed double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses infect bacteria and dominate water samples from the world’s oceans. They have long escaped analysis because...

Qumran caves. Image credit: Lux Moundi.

Israeli Scientists Decode One of Last Encrypted Dead Sea Scrolls

Jan 24, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, has deciphered one of the last obscured parts of the Dead...

Turmeric contains curcumin, which has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Image credit: Joachim Schlosser / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Turmeric Compound Boosts Cognitive Power, Reveals New Study

Jan 24, 2018 by News Staff

Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin, a bioactive compound found in the cooking spice turmeric, improved memory and mood in people with age-related...

In the study, male cats showed a left-side bias for natural behaviors, females a right-side bias. Image credit: Jan Mallander.

Study: Female Domestic Cats Are More Likely to Be Right-Handed

Jan 23, 2018 by News Staff

Female domestic cats are much more likely to use their right paw than males, according to a new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour. In the...

Artist’s impression of the black hole-star system in NGC 3201, a globular cluster located approximately 16,300 light-years away towards the southern constellation Vela. Image credit: ESO / L. Calçada / Spaceengine.org.

Astronomers Detect Lonely Black Hole in Globular Cluster NGC 3201

Jan 18, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Georg-August-Universität Göttingen researcher Benjamin Giesers has discovered a star in the globular cluster...

Caihong juji lived in China about 161 million years ago and may have used its impressive feathers to attract mates. Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum.

Caihong juji: Jurassic Bird-Like Dinosaur Had Iridescent Feathers

Jan 17, 2018 by News Staff

A newly discovered species of bird-like dinosaur, Caihong juji, had a beautiful iridescent coloration, according to a study published in the journal Nature...

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