A young woman, a student it seems from the looks of it, shuffles in bursts behind me, in small steps one foot just in front of the other, staring down, then she wiggles her head at the sky, then she…

On Oct. 23rd, 2013, the sun emitted a solar flare, classified as an M9.4 flare on a scale from M1 to M9.9 - near the very top of the scale for M class flares. Solar flares are powerful bursts of…

Just a quick link today, to acknowledge an interesting report on the life of physics students in Greece and the present situation with Universities there. And of course, if you wish to practice your…

Crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights - they could also be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology? Manufactured alloy crystals, such as indium…

3K3A-APC, an experimental drug, appears to reduce brain damage and eliminate brain hemorrhaging in older stroke-afflicted mice and stroke-afflicted rats with co-morbid conditions such as hypertension…

Researchers have made a step toward the creation of materials that can be 'tuned' just by shining a light on them - they have succeeded in producing and measuring a coupling of photons and electrons…

Thermoelectric materials were discovered in the 19th century and have the remarkable property that heating them creates a small electrical current - but adopting them to the 21st century has been a…

When organ donations after death are a topic, the altruism argument is easily made. But during life, it is more complex. Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for patients with kidney failure.…

"The question is not whether these boards will catch fire or not. The question is when they will". (Said by Fermilab electronics experts who were members of a review panel that provided advice on the…

When we imagine the sun, we imagine fire, but that isn't really accurate. The sun is plasma; particles so hot that their electrons have boiled off, creating a charged gas that is interwoven…

Blood and bone marrow transplants have been done for decades and have always had risks of complications, like virtually any treatment for serious diseases, but a new study has found an additional one…

The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe; even colder than the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, which is the natural background temperature of space. How cold is that One…

Advertising relies on repetition because some repetition increases likability.  While established brands can coast a little - you never see advertising for Dinty Moore Beef Stew because it is…

Less than two weeks in space may be enough to cause profound changes in eye structure and gene expression, according to a new report based on a small study. The study looked at how low gravity and…

Over the past three years, 300,000 gamers have helped scientists with genomic research by playing Phylo, an online puzzle game that is a cross between Tetris, Rubik's cube and an old-fashioned…

A new paper describes an acoustic remote bomb detection system that can identify homemade bombs and determine the difference between those that contain low-yield and high-yield explosives. A number…

In the past year, Google search has dramatically increased the speed of search results, not that you would notice, since they were already quite fast. They did so by increasing the number of sites…

A common genetic variant, rs4143094, located on the same chromosome 10 region that includes GATA3, a transcription factor gene previously linked to several forms of cancer, is in about 36 percent of…

The World Series begins in a few hours and while they have to play the games, math can project winners and losers - and the math says the Boston Red Sox have a 70% chance of winning it all. Unlike a…

Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin may be former football rivals, but There's a new most distant galaxy ever found, created within 700 million years after the Big Bang.…