A piece of “junk DNA” could be the key to extinguishing fear-related memories for people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and phobia, according to a new study. Researchers discovered t… [+1903 chars]
White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent stu… [+2687 chars]
Space can be terrifying. After all, there’s so much we just don’t know about the universe beyond our own planet’s atmosphere. While a lot of the scary parts of space–like no oxygen–can’t hurt us on E… [+2843 chars]
Today, On March 23, NASA is planning to do something never heard of before. The American space agency will be shooting two rockets into the fascinating northern lights, also known as aurora borealis.… [+3181 chars]
Space can be terrifying. After all, there’s so much we just don’t know about the universe beyond our own planet’s atmosphere. While a lot of the scary parts of space–like no oxygen–can’t hurt us on E… [+2843 chars]
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Researchers at Rutgers University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University are teaming up to examine how the processes that regulate gene expression and… [+2467 chars]
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A paper on the experiment titled "Experimental protocol for testing the mass-energy-information equivalence principle" has been published in the journal AIP Advances. Dr. Melvin Vopson of the Univer… [+1445 chars]
image: Graphene with defectsview more Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian scientists have found out why, instead of simply burning down at high temperatures, graphene oxide opens the doo… [+3258 chars]
Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off diseases associated with long spaceflights, new research shows. Researchers have developed a transgenic, or genetically … [+2070 chars]
Small magnetic waves with a seven-year cycle have been discovered at Earth’s core. Electric currents generated by the movement of molten iron deep within the planet’s core are responsible for the pl… [+3044 chars]
