NASA’s Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images…
Month: September 2012
Extreme Life Forms Might be Able to Survive on Eccentric Exoplanets
Astronomers have discovered a veritable rogues’ gallery of odd exoplanets — from scorching hot worlds…
NASA Observations Point to ‘Dry Ice’ Snowfall on Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls…
World’s first transformable historic organ can span centuries
Cornell University’s new baroque organ has become the world’s first organ with multiple historic wind…
Was Kepler’s supernova unusually powerful?
A new analysis of Kepler’s supernova suggests that the supernova explosion was not only more…
Why severely obese women have difficulty getting pregnant from IVF
One third of American women of childbearing age are battling obesity, a condition that affects…
‘Facebook effect’: Thousands registered as organ donors via Facebook, dwarfing other donation initiatives
When Facebook introduced a feature that enables people to register to become organ and tissue…
Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has yielded key insights, scientists say
The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people…
Gene therapy technique for children with immune disorder improved
Researchers have enhanced agene therapy approach for children with adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency using…
What do saving money and losing weight have in common?
Consumers will pay more when they are given different options to pursue short-term goals, but…