(Phys.org) —Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 24, 2013 5 / 5 (8) 11 |

(Phys.org) —In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 23, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we have ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses under its own gravity and produces a black hole, an object so dense that not even light can escape its gravitational grip. According to a ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

May 03, 2013 4.7 / 5 (27) 16 |

(AP)—Fans of the Ohio native credited with developing the Richter (RIK'-tur) scale for rating earthquake magnitude don't want his name and legacy forgotten.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Astronomers have released a new image of the outer atmosphere of Betelgeuse – one of the nearest red supergiants to Earth – revealing the detailed structure of the matter being thrown off ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 24, 2013 4.4 / 5 (12) 8 |

(Phys.org) —Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are becoming a global problem for the U.S. armed forces. To prevent injuries to soldiers and provide better care to those who are injured, the U.S. military ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —An imaging technique conceived 50 years ago has been successfully demonstrated at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source, where it is expected to improve results in a range of experiments, including ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —As Earth moves around the sun, it travels surrounded by a giant bubble created by its own magnetic fields, called the magnetosphere. As the magnetosphere plows through space, it sets up a standing ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

A new study from The Pew Charitable Trusts, "Making Hard Choices: Navigating the Economic Shock of Unemployment," examines how American families cope with unexpected financial setbacks and how those periods of economic uncertainty ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University have turned to an unlikely model to make medical devices safer and more comfortable—a squid's beak.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

From battlefields to playing fields, worries over traumatic brain injury (TBI) have intensified recently as it has become clear that heavy knocks to the head – whether from bomb detonations or crunching sports tackles – ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Research into a versatile class of material, the MAX phases, with a large variety of potential high-temperature and low-friction applications by Dr. Miladin Radovic, his group, and collaborators ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 01, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie's Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the discovery of a new ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Mar 26, 2013 4.9 / 5 (17) 2 |

Certain Streptococci increase their production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels, when aerobic bacteria are present in the vagina. But scientists from the University of Western Ontari ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 22, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |