Young stars ejecting plasma could give us clues into the Sun’s past Kyoto, Japan — Down here on Earth we don’t usually notice, but the Sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma into space. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They often occur together with sudden brightenings called flares, and sometimes extend far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, generating space weather phenomena including auroras or geomagnetic storms, and even damaging power grids on occasion. Scientists believe that when…
“The model works for any type of disaster that influences the infrastructure,” said Makarand Hastak, head of construction engineering and management and a…
The ISIM, or the Integrated Science Instrument Module Flight Structure, will serve as the structural “heart” of the James Webb Space Telescope. The ISIM is a…
In a sense, that's precisely what a team of engineers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., did when they designed a one-of-a-kind…
The researchers say they don’t want their results to encourage dangerous and distracted driving by cell phone users. Instead, they hope the study will point to…
Europe is getting ready for its first unmanned visit to the surface of Mars. “On board” are the scientists of the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH). The group…
It is the first “potentially hazardous object” (PHO) to be discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey and has been given the designation “2010 ST3.” “Although this…
It is to become the largest X-ray telescope ever: The International X-Ray Observatory (IXO), which has been planned in a cooperation between NASA, ESA and…
Quarks are found in each proton and are bound together by forces which cause all other known forces of nature to fade. To understand the effects of these…
Sigma receptors have been in the focus of drug discovery
for several years, being classified into two subtypes,
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The NMDA receptor, an ion channel consisting of four
protein subunits, is involved in the pathophysiology of
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If drivers are yakking on cell phones and don't hear spoken instructions to turn left or right from a passenger or navigation system, they still can get…
Their study promotes further developments towards quantum computing and a deeper understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics.Entanglement is a…
The developments move quantum information networks – which securely encode information by entangling photons and atoms – closer to a possible prototype system.
Frankfurt scientists have developed a novel orthogonal spin label for structural and functional analysis of proteins with electron paramagnetic resonance…
Now, a group of astronomers has discovered a new astronomical phenomenon that appears to be common in such clouds, and promises a new window onto the earliest…
Individuals within a networked system coordinate their activities by communicating to each other information such as their position, speed, or intention. At…
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