Rocky planets not much bigger than Earth are very common in the habitable zones around…
Month: March 2012
Solar storm seen from inside and outside Earth’s magnetosphere
For the first time, instrumentation aboard two NASA missions operating from complementary vantage points watched…
Viral disease — particularly from herpes — gaining interest as possible cause of coral decline
As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention…
Exploding dinosaur hypothesis implodes
A pregnant ichthyosaur female that perished 182 million years ago puzzled researchers for quite some…
How to save Europe’s most threatened butterflies
New guidelines on how to save some of Europe’s most threatened butterfly species have now…
Wave character of individual molecules revealed
Quantum theory describes the world of atoms very precisely. Still, it defies our macroscopic conception…
Playing at home energy savings
An approach to cutting domestic energy consumption based on playing a game – Energy Battle…
Building lightweight trains
The less trains weigh, the more economical they are to run. A new material capable…
Powerhouse in the Crab Nebula: MAGIC telescopes observe pulsar at highest energies yet and strongly challenge current theories
The pulsar at the center of the famous Crab Nebula is a veritable bundle of…
Stopping statin therapy increases risk of death for rheumatoid arthritis patients
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who discontinue use of statin therapy are at increased risk…