News tagged with gamma
New insight into Alzheimer's disease pathology
An Alzheimer's-related protein helps form and maintain nerve cell connections, according to a study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
May 04, 2009 |
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New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Making waves in the brain: Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Active galaxies flare and fade in Fermi telescope all-sky movie (w/Video)
The gamma-ray sky comes alive in a movie made from data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope during its first three months of operations. Gamma rays from sources near and far turn the sky into ...
Apr 24, 2009 |
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The MAGIC-II Telescope is ready to team up
(PhysOrg.com) -- Together with the MAGIC-I telescope, MAGIC-2 allows stereoscopic observations using these two largest gamma-ray telescopes. Astronomers can explore sources of very-high energy gamma rays. ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Swift’s Comet Tally
A montage of comet images made using NASA’s Swift spacecraft illustrates just how different three comets can be. The images, including a never-released image of Comet 8P/Tuttle, were shown today during a live, 24-hour video ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Dissecting a stellar explosion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, ...
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Ongoing worldwide shortage of medical isotopes could threaten patient care, says expert
A University of Nottingham expert is calling on the Government to provide substantial new investment into the production of medical isotopes or face a dangerous shortage that threatens to compromise patient healthcare.
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Astrophysicists explore a blazar
An international team of astrophysicists using telescopes on the ground and in space have uncovered surprising changes in radiation emitted by an active galaxy. The picture that emerges from these first-ever ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Fermi telescope reveals best-ever view of the gamma-ray sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos. To Fermi's eyes, the universe ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Single-Molecule Magnets Open New Door for Information Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by scientists in Italy and France shows that that single molecules have the ability to store information via their magnetic state. Their work is a first step toward a new generation ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Unexpected source of gamma rays discovered
An international team of astrophysicists, involving several research groups in Spain, has discovered a source of very high energy gamma rays in the region of the distant galaxies 3C 66A and 3C 66B. This new ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Gooda, Gouda! Solving the 800-year-old secret of a big cheese
Almost 800 years after farmers in the village of Gouda in Holland first brought a creamy new cheese to market, scientists in Germany say they have cracked the secret of Gouda’s good taste. They have identified the key protein ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Stem cells could halt osteoporosis, promote bone growth
While interferon gamma sounds like an outer space weapon, it's actually a hormone produced by our own bodies, and it holds great promise to repair bones affected by osteoporosis. In a new study published in the journal Stem Ce ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Swift Satellite records early phase of gamma ray burst
(PhysOrg.com) -- UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from the early stages of a gamma ray burst - the most violent and luminous explosions occurring ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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