Search results for nuclear fusion:

results timeline

Refine search   


A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- An extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi, snagged in a search by a robotic telescope, turns out to be the first example of the kind of stars that first ...


Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy

Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees ...


A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease

A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease (w/ Video)

Biology / Biotechnology

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell.


A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...


The hidden lives of proteins

The hidden lives of proteins

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An important Brandeis study appearing in the December 3 issue of Nature raises the curtain on the hidden lives of proteins at the atomic level. The study reports that for the first time, researchers used x ...


Dating the Bronze Age

Dating the Bronze Age

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) research has shown that an area of desert in north-western China was once a thriving Bronze Age manufacturing and agricultural site. The new findings ...


Fruit Fly

Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do - by eating a diet that's too rich in fats.