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APR 07, 2015Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
What are those ghostly images? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a set of green objects that are float ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be du ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
According to new research published last week, Mars once contained an ocean larger than our own Arctic Ocean and coverin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Did you know the largest snowflakes on record were 15 inches (38 cm) in diameter and 8 inches thick? Or that an average ...MAY 30, 2014Technology
Caption: Left to right: BGU's Frankel Professor of Chemical Engineering Prof. Moshe Gottlieb, BGU President Prof. Rivka ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins ...MAY 09, 2014Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 22, 2014Videos
We're better off with the knowledge gained from experiments like the Large Hadron Collider and the Trinity and Starf ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 07, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Residents of Western Canada are not quite sure how to welcome the latest Japanese import to reach their shores - radioac ...FEB 27, 2014Earth & The Environment
A lot of excitement has been created by the study of a tiny zircon crystal that measures approximately two times the dia ...FEB 19, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Graphene has been studied extensively for its potential use in microelectronic applications. Among other things, it's in ...FEB 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Did you know you have a form of shape shifting, cancer-fighting, transforming, DNA-repairing machines already hard at wo ...FEB 04, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are gaining attention in the chemical world for a variety of novel uses. In essence, the ...JAN 30, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Hydrogen has been proposed as a greener fuel for automobiles of the future, among other novel uses. However, the lack of ...JAN 24, 2014Chemistry & Physics
How many times have you wished you could just disappear? While invisibility has always been a subject for science fictio ...JAN 20, 2014Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more ...JAN 01, 2014Chemistry & Physics
The seemingly-impossible goal of building a functioning quantum computer took a major step forward this week, as a Canad ...DEC 25, 2013Chemistry & Physics
The rules of chemistry have been well understood for ages. It's also known that under extreme conditions of temperature/ ...DEC 20, 2013Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the ...
APR 07, 2015
Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
What are those ghostly images? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a set of green objects that are float
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be du
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
According to new research published last week, Mars once contained an ocean larger than our own Arctic Ocean and coverin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Did you know the largest snowflakes on record were 15 inches (38 cm) in diameter and 8 inches thick? Or that an average
...
MAY 30, 2014
Technology
Caption: Left to right: BGU's Frankel Professor of Chemical Engineering Prof. Moshe Gottlieb, BGU President Prof. Rivka
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins
...
MAY 09, 2014
Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
APR 22, 2014
Videos
We're better off with the knowledge gained from experiments like the Large Hadron Collider and the Trinity and Starf
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 07, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Residents of Western Canada are not quite sure how to welcome the latest Japanese import to reach their shores - radioac
...
FEB 27, 2014
Earth & The Environment
A lot of excitement has been created by the study of a tiny zircon crystal that measures approximately two times the dia
...
FEB 19, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Graphene has been studied extensively for its potential use in microelectronic applications. Among other things, it's in
...
FEB 07, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Did you know you have a form of shape shifting, cancer-fighting, transforming, DNA-repairing machines already hard at wo
...
FEB 04, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are gaining attention in the chemical world for a variety of novel uses. In essence, the
...
JAN 30, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Hydrogen has been proposed as a greener fuel for automobiles of the future, among other novel uses. However, the lack of
...
JAN 24, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
How many times have you wished you could just disappear? While invisibility has always been a subject for science fictio
...
JAN 20, 2014
Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more
...
JAN 01, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
The seemingly-impossible goal of building a functioning quantum computer took a major step forward this week, as a Canad
...
DEC 25, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
The rules of chemistry have been well understood for ages. It's also known that under extreme conditions of temperature/
...
DEC 20, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the
...