Supermassive Black Holes Feast Under Pressure
A new, Yale-led study shows that some supermassive black holes actually thrive under pressure. It has been known for some time that when distant galaxies…
A new, Yale-led study shows that some supermassive black holes actually thrive under pressure. It has been known for some time that when distant galaxies…
Blasts differ from ‘ordinary’ supernovae, gamma-ray bursts. Astronomers have found two objects that, added to a strange object discovered in 2018, constitute a new class…
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with…
Researchers discover the evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone. Catmint, also known as catnip, is well-known for its intoxicating effect on cats. The odor…
Growing mountains or shifting ground: What is going on in Earth’s inner core? Exhaustive seismic data from repeating earthquakes and new data-processing methods have yielded…
When they encounter nutrient oases in the marine desert, marine bacteria release a gas involved in climate regulation. A new study shows that “hotspots” of…
Results could help designers engineer high-temperature superconductors and quantum computing devices. Made of a single layer of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern,…
Microneedles made of silk-based material can target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or genes. While the human world is reeling from one pandemic,…
Drexel University researchers have reported a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. Their preliminary analysis, using information…
Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of robust qubits for quantum computing. Physicists at MIT and elsewhere have observed evidence of Majorana fermions…
Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil. As flowers bloom and fruits ripen, they emit a colorless,…
Scientists discover the structure of an enzyme, found in the human gut, that breaks down a component of collagen. MIT and Harvard University chemists have…
An unexpected approach blurs the line between synthetic drug molecules and natural products, with the goal of achieving higher quality compounds for medicines. In a…
Astronomers using the international Gemini Observatory, on Hawaii’s Maunakea, have imaged a very small object in orbit around the Earth, thought to be only a…
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms. Do a Google search for dark-field images, and you’ll discover a…
Explanation is proposed for extra heat in the oceans. The Arctic has experienced the warming effects of global climate change faster than any other region…
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysis. Lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals are…
‘Green’ process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic, and other materials. That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive…