Researchers from the University of Dundee in the UK were able to reveal for the first time how Arsenic and other molecules like Arsenic trioxide (ATO), known for many years to cure the acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), help break down ...
Disciplined and observational study of the natural world including, but not limited to: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science.
New Meningitis B Vaccine Developed
Novartis, an international drug company, has recently developed a vaccine against the meningococcal B strain. This is the first vaccination to be developed for this often deadly disease that usually affects young children and infants. This new vaccine has the ...
Strange Ring Found Circling a Dead Star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected an unusual ring of material surrounding the magnetic remains of a blasted star. The stellar ‘corpse’, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars, which are the cores of massive ...
Measuring Ultra-short Laser Pulses
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the first device to directly measure complex ultrashort light pulses in space and time at and near the focus of the pulses. Knowing how light is distorted allows researchers to correct ...
NASA STS-124 Mission Takes Off
On 5:02 p.m. EDT NASA launched the Discovery Space Shuttle on its latest mission, STS-124. The shuttle will deliver Japan’s Kibo pressurized module to the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, during some last minute preparations, very important equipment has been ...
2 Candidates Sites for a 30m Telescope
After completing a rigorous, detailed worldwide survey of candidate astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope, the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors is now considering two optional sites, one in each hemisphere. The first site is Cerro Armazones, which lies ...
Micro-Origami – Tiny Packages for Drug Delivery
Researchers at the University of Southern California have demonstrated a way to manufacture miniscule containers that could be used to deliver precise micro or even nano quantities of drugs. A half-open micro-container (Credit: ISI) An overdose of even ordinarily beneficial ...
Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper
Researchers at Harvard’s Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper by taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper. Hopefully, their work will lead to the creation of disposable diagnostic tests, ...
One Ticket to Space, Please
A small California-based private aerospace company, called “XCOR Aerospace”, has announced the development of what could be the first “consumer-oriented” suborbital spaceship. According to the company, the aircraft, which was named “LYNX”, is scheduled to be launched in just two ...
Swift Catches Exploding Star
NASA’s scientists recently used the Swift Satellite in order to see a star explode and become a supernova. Although over the past 100 years astronomers have observed thousands of supernovas, every time it was seen, it was only after the ...