Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the…
Month: June 2013
New flame trench will support new era at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B
For the first time since NASA’s Apollo-era rockets and space shuttles lifted off on missions…
Research raises concerns over smoke detectors’ effectiveness in waking children
Standard domestic smoke detectors may not always wake children in the event of a fire,…
‘Shields to maximum, Mr. Scott’: Simulating orbital debris impacts on spacecraft and fragment impacts on body armor
Running hundreds of simulations on TACC supercomputers, University of Texas mechanical engineering professor Eric Fahrenthold…
Type 1 diabetes: Can insulin-producing cells be regenerated?
Scientists have published new results concerning type I diabetes. Researchers have shown that in mice,…
Inside the minds of murderers: Impulsive murderers much more mentally impaired than those who kill strategically
The minds of murderers who kill impulsively, often out of rage, and those who carefully…
A look inside children’s minds
Ever wondered what’s going on inside young children’s brains when they’re looking at things? Researchers…
Stress: It should never be ignored, experts say
Work pressure, tension at home, financial difficulties… the list of causes of stress grows longer…
High-resolution mapping technique uncovers underlying circuit architecture of the brain
Using an innovative brain-tracing technique, scientists have found a way to untangle neural networks and…
Mapping out how to save species
Using colorful world maps, a new study maps out priority areas for protection to save…