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Oxygen—key to most life—decelerates many cancer tumors when combined with radiation therapy
In research examining tissue oxygenation levels and predicting radiation response, UT Southwestern scientists led by Dr. Ralph Mason reported in the June 27…
The Heart of Space Weather Observed in Action
Magnetic reconnection happens when magnetic field lines come together, break apart and then exchange partners, snapping into new positions and releasing a jolt…
Stirred, Not Shaken
Anyone who has ever worked in a laboratory has seen them: magnetic stirrers that rotate magnetic stir bars in liquids to mix them. The stir bars come in many…
Evolution of an outbreak: complications from contaminated steroid injections
The study, along with an editorial by UC Davis Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology George R. Thompson, appears in the June 19 issue of…
Magnetic monopoles erase data
A physical particle postulated 80 years ago, could provide a decisive step toward the realization of novel, highly efficient data storage devices. Scientists…
Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares: The Culprit is Turbulence
New research led by a Johns Hopkins mathematical physicist focuses on the “misbehavior” of magnetic fields in solar flares. In this image, the Solar Dynamics…