News tagged with hierarchical structure formation

First super-massive black holes were born 'soon' after Big Bang (w/ Video)

Astronomers believe they have discovered the origin of our universe's first super-massive black holes, which formed some 13 billion years ago.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 31 | with audio podcast




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Hubble pinpoints furthest protocluster of galaxies ever seen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development, making it the most distant such grouping ever observed in ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

When inflexibility is counterproductive: Mechanism of UV-induced DNA Dewar lesion revealed

Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of sunlight can result in skin damage and may even induce skin cancers. Irradiation with UV light causes mutations in the DNA, which can interfere with or even inhibit the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The modeling of multiple relationships in social networks

A study conducted by Columbia Business School's Prof. Asim Ansari, William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Marketing, and Oded Koenigsberg, Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business, Marketing, alongside ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Turning viruses into molecular Legos

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned a benign virus into an engineering tool for assembling structures that mimic collagen, one of the most important structural proteins in nature. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists release most accurate simulation of the universe to date

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gives physicists and astronomers a powerful new tool for understanding such ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of the physics involved in galaxy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

NASA's Kepler reaches into the stars

We are entering a golden era for "stellar physics" – a term coined to describe research about the formation, evolution, interior and the atmospheres of stars. Thanks to a partnership forged among stellar ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Going nature one better: Researchers learn biology's secrets for making tough, resilient materials

Nature has one very big advantage over any human research team: plenty of time. Billions of years, in fact. And over all that time, it has produced some truly amazing materials — using weak building blocks ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Chemists make breakthrough in nanoscience research

A team of scientists led by Eugenia Kumacheva of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto has discovered a way to predict the organization of nanoparticles in larger forms by treating them much the same as ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are you promotion- or prevention-focused and what does this mean when considering choices?

When consumers make choices, their style of pursuing their goals changes the way they search and decide what to purchase, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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