Gamma-ray Photon Race Ends In Dead Heat; Einstein Wins This Round

Gamma-ray Photon Race Ends In Dead Heat; Einstein Wins This Round

  9:55:00 PM    Science Lover

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Racing across the universe for the last 7.3-billion-years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another. The dead-heat finish may stoke the fires of debate among physicists over Einstein's...

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Alzheimer's Researchers Find High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

Alzheimer's Researchers Find High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

  2:16:00 AM    Science Lover

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One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Now a study published in BioMed...

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How The Moon Produces Its Own Water

How The Moon Produces Its Own Water

  6:48:00 PM    Science Lover

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The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing water. This discovery, made by the ESA-ISRO instrument SARA onboard the Indian...

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Scientists Discover Protein Receptor For Carbonation Taste

Scientists Discover Protein Receptor For Carbonation Taste

  12:22:00 PM    Science Lover

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In 1767, chemist Joseph Priestley stood in his laboratory one day with an idea to help English mariners stay healthy on long ocean voyages. He infused water with carbon dioxide to create an effervescent liquid that mimicked the finest mineral waters consumed at European...

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3D Mini Clips

3D Mini Clips

  12:44:00 AM    Science Lover

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Some of the best animations and 3D clips on the Web, all in one place – it’s like Youtube in 3D! Recently, movie-goers across the world have been wowed by the special effects in debutant director Neil Blomkamp’s new science fiction film, District 9. However, this is not...

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Bizarre Galaxy Is Result Of Pair Of Spiral Galaxies Smashing Together

Bizarre Galaxy Is Result Of Pair Of Spiral Galaxies Smashing Together

  9:42:00 PM    Science Lover

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A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble our own Milky Way smashing together at breakneck speeds. The product of this dramatic collision,...

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Radio Waves 'See' Through Walls

Radio Waves 'See' Through Walls

  1:26:00 PM    Science Lover

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University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue hostages, fire victims and elderly people who fall in their homes....

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Major Step Forward In Cell Reprogramming, Researchers Report

Major Step Forward In Cell Reprogramming, Researchers Report

  3:02:00 AM    Science Lover

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A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers has made a major advance toward producing induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are safe enough to use in treating diseases in patients. Lee Rubin, director of translational medicine at HSCI and the other...

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NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth

NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth

  9:50:00 PM    Science Lover

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Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036. Asteroid Apophis was discovered on June 19, 2004. (Credit: UH/IA) The...

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Color Plays Musical Chairs In The Brain

Color Plays Musical Chairs In The Brain

  2:21:00 PM    Science Lover

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Color is normally thought of as a fundamental attribute of an object: a red Corvette, a blue lake, a pink flamingo. Yet despite this popular notion, new research suggests that our perception of color is malleable, and relies heavily on biological processes of the eye and...

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Clues To Reversing Aging Of Human Muscle Discovered

Clues To Reversing Aging Of Human Muscle Discovered

  12:46:00 AM    Science Lover

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A study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, restoring its ability...

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Nanotechnology: Artificial Pore Created

Nanotechnology: Artificial Pore Created

  12:35:00 AM    Science Lover

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Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through a membrane. Scientists inserted the modified core of a nanomotor, a microscopic biological...

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