Associate Professor Chris Richardson co-authors journal article with colleagues to shed light on reionization in the early universe.As part of a collaboration spurred by the FACE Foundation, Associat… [+876 chars]
The topic of beneficial gut bacteria has been ubiquitous among health advocates for some time now. However, gut bacteria are also linked to autoimmune disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. Th… [+1949 chars]
The preparation of carbon nanotubes via flame synthesis involves a combustion system modified with a carbon source, heat source, and appropriate catalytic material. To this end, building carbon nanot… [+6233 chars]
Remember when Elon Musk launched a car into space? That car's not just peacefully drifting through a vacuumit's hurtling around the sun at 63,592 miles per hour, being bombarded by solar radiation. I… [+707 chars]
Astronomers have spotted what they are calling a cosmic "needle in a haystack" a black hole that not only is classified as dormant but appears to have been born without the explosion of a dying star.… [+4061 chars]
The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A … [+6794 chars]
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever built by mankind, began operations again in April this year after nearly three years of maintenance and upgrades. After the … [+6461 chars]
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<li>The LIGO Scientific Collaboration et al. GWTC-3: compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the second part of the third observing run. Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.0… [+10184 chars]
Part 1 of this essay described the science, technology and history behind the fantastic images delivered by the James Webb Space Telescope. This second and concluding installment considers the theori… [+12211 chars]
In the early 1990s, planetary history was made. In 1992, two astronomers, Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, published a paper in Nature announcing the discovery of the very first planets outside th… [+4968 chars]
When Rob Gibbs began volunteering as a firefighter at the CFA he was strong both physically and mentally, but 21 years later he sits on his couch in his Cowwarr home feeling like a burden to his fami… [+3463 chars]
