News tagged with early


Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight

Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The research may settle an outstanding puzzle in unders ...


Galaxy Zoo hunters help astronomers discover rare 'Green Pea' galaxies

Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the "Green Peas" with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo. The finding could lend unique ...


Discovery of genetic toggle switch inches closer to possible diabetes cure

Discovery of genetic toggle switch inches closer to possible diabetes cure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have identified a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, putting researchers closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic cells as a possible cure ...


Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars

Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published today in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the ...


Fish on the menu of our ancestors

First direct evidence of substantial fish consumption by early modern humans in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans.


Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed

Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies.


Complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies adversely affect existing or subsequent pregnancies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Complications in early pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can predict the likelihood of further problems in current or subsequent pregnancies, according to research carried out by an international group of experts.


Study finds strong relationship between high body mass index, pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In reviewing the weight history of pancreatic cancer patients across their life spans, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have determined that a high body mass index in early adulthood may ...


Morning people and night owls show different brain function (w/Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Are you a "morning person" or a "night owl?"


Sudden Collapse in Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming the Culprit?

Sudden Collapse in Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming the Culprit?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 5

Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying its message ...


Research Team Discover New Tidal Debris from Colliding Galaxies

Research Team Discover New Tidal Debris from Colliding Galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Astronomers have discovered new tidal debris stripped away from colliding galaxies. The research will be being presented during a press conference at the 214th annual American Astronomical Society meeting ...


Harvard scientist says we are what we eat -- and what we cook

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

"You are what you eat." Can these pithy words explain the evolution of the human species?


Breastfeeding duration and weaning diet may shape child's body composition

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Variations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to differences in growth and development, and they have independent influences on body composition in early childhood, according to a new study accepted for ...


Better Supernovae Measurements Aim To Improve Understanding of Dark Energy

Better Supernovae Measurements Aim To Improve Understanding of Dark Energy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique for measuring the distances to supernovae more accurately than ever before has been developed by a team of scientists from Yale University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...


Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed

Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a special camera known as AzTEC developed by a research team led by Grant Wilson, astronomy professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an international research group has ...