Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold. Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes. To read that record, an international team turned to 15 small, remote galaxies whose chemistry has changed very little, preserving a composition close to that of the early […]
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold. Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes. To read that record, an international team turned to 15 small, remote galaxies whose chemistry has changed very little, preserving a composition close to that of the early […]
A New Helium Measurement Is Testing the Universe’s First Five Minutes
Large Binocular Telescope data cut helium measurement uncertainty threefold. Helium, a light chemical element, carries clues to what the universe was like during its first five minutes. To read that record, an international team turned to 15 small, remote galaxies whose chemistry has changed very little, preserving a composition close to that of the early […]
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Was Stranger Than We Thought
Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and new research suggests it was no ordinary rock. The Chicxulub impactor, the space rock that struck what is now Mexico 66 million years ago, left behind an enormous crater but almost nothing of […]
Gender Imbalances in College Majors Are More Complicated Than They Appear
Researchers find that differences in academic preparation and interest in a major do not fully explain why some groups are underrepresented or less likely to stay in that field of study. Engineering and computer science draw far more men than women, but the size of that gap depends partly on students’ academic records before college. […]
Gender Imbalances in College Majors Are More Complicated Than They Appear
Researchers find that differences in academic preparation and interest in a major do not fully explain why some groups are underrepresented or less likely to stay in that field of study. Engineering and computer science draw far more men than women, but the size of that gap depends partly on students’ academic records before college. […]
Gender Imbalances in College Majors Are More Complicated Than They Appear
Researchers find that differences in academic preparation and interest in a major do not fully explain why some groups are underrepresented or less likely to stay in that field of study. Engineering and computer science draw far more men than women, but the size of that gap depends partly on students’ academic records before college. […]
Scientists Rewrite the Atomic Structure of Glass While It Melts
Researchers can now rewrite glass chemistry while it is still molten, unlocking properties that extreme heat once made impossible. A team from TU Dortmund University, Paderborn University, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oxford developed the method for glasses made from metal-organic frameworks, commonly called MOFs. Reported in Nature Materials, the technique uses […]
Too Much RNA Can Drain a Cell’s Energy, Scientists Discover
A virus may cripple a cell’s power supply simply by producing too much of a molecule the cell needs to survive. New research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) suggests that an overload of RNA can directly impair mitochondria, the microscopic power generators that supply cells with usable energy. […]
Too Much RNA Can Drain a Cell’s Energy, Scientists Discover
A virus may cripple a cell’s power supply simply by producing too much of a molecule the cell needs to survive. New research from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) suggests that an overload of RNA can directly impair mitochondria, the microscopic power generators that supply cells with usable energy. […]