The international team running the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) today announced the first results in…
Month: April 2013
NASA team investigates complex chemistry at Saturn’s moon Titan
A laboratory experiment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn’s…
Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms
By introducing individual silicon atom ‘defects’ using a scanning tunneling microscope, scientists have coupled single…
Choosing less a form of protection, says new study on decision-making
New research shows that if a person is feeling threatened, or concerned with their status,…
Urinary tract infections 29 times more likely in schizophrenia relapse
Schizophrenia patients experiencing relapse are 29 times more likely than healthy individuals to have a…
Ophthalmologists urge early diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration
A new study shows that AMD still causes severe vision loss in approximately 15 percent…
Study looks at importance of coping skills during hospital stays
New research looks at how coping strategies used by a mother when her child is…
Dental anesthesia may interrupt development of wisdom teeth in children, study suggests
Researchers have discovered an association between local dental anesthesia given to children ages two to…
Smoking and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls are ‘red flag’ for postmenopausal osteoporosis
Depression, anxiety, and smoking are associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) in adults, but…
Taken under the ‘wing’ of the small magellanic cloud: First detection of X-ray emission from young stars with masses similar to our Sun outside our Milky Way galaxy
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors. In…