All News

Physics & Astronomy

Exoplanet Aurora: Stunning Displays on Distant Hot Jupiters

Shimmering curtains of green and red undulate across the sky like a living thing. New research shows that aurorae on distant “hot Jupiters” could be 100-1000…

Studies and Analyses

Paternity testing helps fill in family tree for Puget Sound's killer whales

In a study published online this month in the Journal of Heredity, NOAA researchers and others, using DNA testing to fill in a missing link in the lives of…

Health & Medicine

Nasal Spray Linked to Hospital Bacteria Outbreak

An article in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA),…

Health & Medicine

Hepatitis B Vaccination Gaps Among Health Care Students

Researchers led by Dr. Rania Tohme of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed hepatitis B immunization records of 4,075 health care…

Awards Funding

Professor Matthias Kling Wins 2011 Röntgen Prize for Innovation

Professor Matthias Kling, leader of the “Attosecond Imaging” Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching (near Munich), has received…

Studies and Analyses

Empowering Voices: Innovations in Dementia Self-Perception

A model study with the title “Selbstwahrnehmung und Intervention (SEIN)” (self-perception and intervention), led by Associate Professor Dr. Birgit…

Science Education

Parents Naming Objects Shapes Infants’ Development

Scott’s results address a debate among research psychologists about the relation between the development of both language and concepts. While adults readily…

Studies and Analyses

Health Benefits of Soybeans

Soybeans generally are not considered a major source of lutein; however, concentrations of the chemical suggest that it could represent a dietary lutein source…

Physics & Astronomy

LHC Experiments Present Their Latest Results at Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics

“So far we’ve collected as much data as was planned for the whole of 2011 and that’s already a great achievement for the LHC,” said CERN Director General Rolf…

Life & Chemistry

Gardening in the brain – Specialist cells prune connections between neurons

The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at the…

Life & Chemistry

Fungal Insights: High-Temperature Species and Cell Structures

A fungus that lives at extremely high temperatures could help understand structures within our own cells. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology…

Automotive Engineering

OSU’s Land Speed Racer Aims for 400 MPH with Innovative Tech

Building a battery-powered land speed vehicle capable of achieving a speed of 400+ miles per hour requires innovative components, corporate partnerships, hours…

Environmental Conservation

Parasites Uncover New Ecological Rules in Ecosystem Study

The research, published this week in the journal Science, includes parasites in a comprehensive study of ecosystems. By doing so, the scientists say they have…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Capture Hurricane Dora’s Formidable Eye

Satellites provide a bird's eye view of a hurricane's eye, and NASA noticed Hurricane Dora's eye from several of them. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua…

Studies and Analyses

Conservatives Dominated Twitter in 2010 Elections Study

The University of Michigan study, among the first to examine the Tea Party's social media strategies, also showed that analyzing Twitter activity can lead to…

Life & Chemistry

Myelin’s Role in Brain Signal Transmission Revealed in MS Research

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by damage to the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers. The cause remains unknown, and it is a…

Feedback