Even plants have to live on an energy budget. While they’re known for converting solar…
Month: March 2017
Advanced form of proton therapy shows promise for treating lung cancer recurrence
An advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has…
New Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula
In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Happy spouse, happy house
Achieving marital quality could seem daunting, even impossible to any couple, let alone a couple…
What does that sentence say?
Imagine coming across a sentence in English that reads like this: ‘Mary apple eats her…
Enormous swarms of midges teach about interconnected landscapes
Ecologists are trying to understand why the midge population at an Icelandic lake can fluctuate…
Eruptions on the sun trigger surprising phenomenon near Earth
Eruptions on the Sun’s surface not only send bursts of energetic particles into the Earth’s…
Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues to healthy lifestyle
An 80 year old from the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) group had the same vascular age…
Fat cells step in to help liver during fasting
How do mammals keep two biologically crucial metabolites in balance during times when they are…
Astronomers observe a dying red giant star’s final act
An international team of astronomers has observed a striking spiral pattern in the gas surrounding…