An astronomer from the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Astrophysics Research Institute has found a new group of stars within our Milky Way Galaxy. The implications of this discovery could be enormous, as this sheds light on the early stages of the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy.
MIT mechanical engineers have developed an easy and cheap method of creating artificial muscle fibers.
In a recent study published in the journal Molecular Cell, scientists discovered that DNA may make up only about half of the material found in chromosomes. In fact, up to 47 percent of a chromosome’s makeup may consist of a sheath, or a protective structure, surrounding DNA.
A world where your phone can be charged in seconds may not be out of reach.
Last year, the internet community was touched by a video of a blind mother-to-be crying happy tears as she traced her fingers over the 3-D printed ultrasound of her unborn son.
Imagine yourself sitting comfortably in a car, gazing through the window at the oak trees gradually coming into sight and then vanishing quickly in a blur as the wheels continue in its steady, rolling motion. A flash of light blinds your eyes momentarily, fear immediately disperses across your entire body. The airbag in front bursts out shortly, and a huge mass crashes into your door.
The Nikola Motor Company is developing a Class 8 truck, the Nikola One, that comes equipped with hydrogen fuel cell technology. Class 8 trucks are more commonly known as 18-wheelers, or semi-trucks, and have traditionally used diesel fuel as a form of energy.
The world of quantum mechanics is hardly the same world we inhabit on a daily basis. Reduced to its fundamentals, matter seems much less calculating than we expect.
Scientists at the Imperial College London and DNA Electronics, a U.K. biotech firm, have developed a new device that could change the way doctors and patients monitor HIV levels in the bloodstream.
Scientists have known for a while that mental disorders are often observed in conjunction with physical diseases. Previous studies have primarily focused on how the two are associated in adult populations. Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr-University Bochum studied young individuals and are beginning to link specific mental disorders to certain physical ailments in younger populations.
Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the surface of Earth and drastically changed the Earth’s geological landscape. While this asteroid is widely believed to have wiped out the entire dinosaur population that once roamed the planet, scientists now theorize that the asteroid could also have momentarily liquefied the surface of the Earth.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 15 million babies are born preterm each year. Nearly a million babies die due to preterm birth complications, making preterm birth a leading cause of child death. On top of that, survivors of preterm births often develop learning, visual or auditory disabilities.
According to a recent study, women who stay in the home are more likely to be infected with mosquito-borne diseases than their male counterparts who do not stay home.
When you looked up into the sky this past Monday, Nov. 14, did you notice anything particularly strange? Perhaps the moon looked a lot bigger than usual? In fact, scientists predicted that our moon was its largest relative to Earth in almost 69 years. Informally, astronomers and scientists alike have coined the name “beaver moon” for this astronomical wonder that lit up the sky.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, smoking kills approximately 480,000 Americans each year, including nearly 50,000 deaths from secondhand smoke. On average, smokers die about 10 years earlier than nonsmokers. As such, lawmakers, public health officials and advocacy groups all around the world have been pushing to reduce the rates of smoking. Many nations require that health warnings must be printed on cigarette packs and several countries have mandated that graphic images must be printed on the packs as well.
