Now is the time to uncover the secrets of the Earth's microbiomes
Communities of microorganisms called microbiomes play critical roles in our lives, yet we know very little about them.
Communities of microorganisms called microbiomes play critical roles in our lives, yet we know very little about them.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2015
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A consortium of 48 scientists from 50 institutions in the United States has called for an ambitious research effort to understand and harness microbiomes - the communities of microorganisms that inhabit ecosystems as varied ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2015
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Imagine creating artificial plants that make gasoline and natural gas using only sunlight. And imagine using those fuels to heat our homes or run our cars without adding any greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. By combining ...
Materials Science
Sep 8, 2015
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A longstanding mystery about the tiny stars that let loose powerful explosions known as Type Ia supernovae might finally be solved.
Astronomy
Aug 19, 2015
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At a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th, construction officially began of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). This ambitious international astrophysics project is slated to start ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2015
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From its orbit 930,000 miles above Earth, the Planck space telescope spent more than four years detecting the oldest light in the universe, called the cosmic microwave background. This fossil from the Big Bang fills every ...
Astronomy
Feb 17, 2015
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Compared to other galaxies, the Milky Way is a peaceful place. But it hasn't always been so sleepy. In 2010, a team of scientists working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered a pair of "Fermi bubbles" ...
Astronomy
Jan 27, 2015
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A close look at the night sky reveals that stars don't like to be alone; instead, they congregate in clusters, in some cases containing as many as several million stars. Until recently, the oldest of these populous star clusters ...
Astronomy
Dec 17, 2014
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Scientists have long known that dark matter is out there, silently orchestrating the universe's movement and structure. But what exactly is dark matter made of? And what does a dark matter particle look like? That remains ...
General Physics
Dec 13, 2014
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Recently, a team of astronomers reported discovering a pulsating star that appears to shine with the energy of 10 million suns. The find, which was announced in Nature, is the brightest pulsar – a type of rotating neutron ...
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2014
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