By Alton Parrish.   A study of “MY Camelopardalis” binary system, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, shows that the most massive stars are made up by merging with other smaller stars, [...]

      By ESA.   Thanks to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, some of the most mysterious cosmic residents have just become even more puzzling. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows four globular clusters in the [...]

    By Alton Parrish. The effects of chronic marijuana use on the brain may depend on age of first use and duration of use, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. Credit: Vanderbilt [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   A research group led by Anne Dutrey from the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Bordeaux, France, and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) observed the distribution of dust and gas in a binary starsystem [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in near-infrared light, the team of astronomers observed 92 nearby stars to probe exozodiacal light from hot dust close to their habitable zones and combined the [...]

    By Alton Parrish.   Viruses cannot multiply without cellular machinery. Although extensive research into how pathogens invade cells has been conducted for a number of viruses, we do not fully understand how the shell of a [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   A team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has created the first three-dimensional map of the ‘adolescent’ Universe, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang. This map, built from data [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   A team of researchers, including one from The University of Western Australia, has found there may be some truth in the slogan: “Coffee: If you’re not shaking, you need another cup.” They’ve [...]

      By Alton Parrish. HIV pandemic’s origins located. Pandemic spread almost certainly began in Democratic Republic of the Congo The HIV pandemic with us today is almost certain to have begun its global spread from Kinshasa, [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   New measurements from fish purchased at retail seafood counters in 10 different states show the extent to which mislabeling can expose consumers to unexpectedly high levels of mercury, a harmful pollutant. Fishery [...]

    By Alton Parrish.   New supercomputing calculations provide the first evidence that particles predicted by the theory of quark-gluon interactions but never before observed are being produced in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic [...]

      By Alton Parrish. Credit: Andrew Pontzen/Fabio Governato   New research from UCL shows we will soon uncover the origin of the ultraviolet light that bathes the cosmos, helping scientists understand how galaxies were [...]

  By Alton Parrish. More than 300 genetic mutations have been discovered in the Ebola virus according to genetic researchers. In response to an ongoing, unprecedented outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, a team of researchers [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Love and commitment can make sex physically more satisfying for many women, according to a Penn State Abington sociologist. In a series of interviews, heterosexual women between the ages of 20 and 68 and from a [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   Pregnant women living near the World Trade Center during 9/11 experienced higher-than-normal negative birth outcomes, according to a new working paper by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of [...]

  By Centers for Disease Control And Prevention (CDC). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rapidly increasing its ongoing efforts to curb the expanding West African Ebola outbreak and deploying staff to four African [...]

  By NASA.   Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. Seen here as it looked 9.6 billion years ago, this monster elliptical [...]

  By Harvard University. A map of the U.S. which shows each metropolitan and rural area’s adjusted life satisfaction.New research identifies the unhappiest cities in the U.S., but finds that some young people are still willing to relocate [...]

  By Newcastle University.   Over a 150 years since it was first described by Darwin, scientists are finally uncovering the secrets behind the super strength of barnacle glue. Still far better than anything we have been able to [...]

  By Arizona State University.   A heat-sensing camera designed at Arizona State University has provided data to create themost detailed global map yet made of Martian surface properties. The map uses data from the Thermal Emission [...]