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Scientists observe super-massive black holes using Keck Observatory in Hawaii

Scientists observe super-massive black holes using Keck Observatory in Hawaii

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, which may provide new information on how these central black hole systems operate. Their findings ...


The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultraluminous infrared galaxies ((ULIRGs) are galaxies whose luminosity exceeds that of a trillion suns; for comparison, the Milky Way galaxy has a typical (and much more modest) luminosity ...


New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

Biology / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...


Sky merger yields sparkling dividends

Sky merger yields sparkling dividends

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not surprisingly, interacting galaxies have a dramatic effect on each other. Studies have revealed that as galaxies approach one another massive amounts of gas are pulled from each galaxy ...


Michigan hospital launches gene therapy study for Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A Michigan hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art treatment called gene transfer.


Telltale moss: Mother Nature gives clues for improving stem cell techniques

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hikers know that moss on a tree trunk always points north. According to new research by Israeli and German scientists, this ancient plant may also provide a new "compass" for stem cell research, telling scientists how better ...


'Promiscuous' protein interactions found in the nuclear pore complex

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The NPC is the only way in or out of a cell's nucleus. It plays a key role in cellular metabolism and signaling, and any malfunction in these pores can have lethal consequences. Now new research reveals further ...


New route to leukemia uncovered

New route to leukemia uncovered

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a completely new route by which leukaemia develops, according to research published in Nature this weekend.


New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.


Secrets in a seed: Clues into the evolution of the first flowers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approximately 120-130 million years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of the Earth occurred: the first flowering plants, or angiosperms, arose. In the late 1800s, Darwin referred to their development ...


A Theory of Dark Matter

A Theory of Dark Matter

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (41) | comments 58

Among the most astounding, unexpected, and important achievements of the past century (or even more) have been the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy, collectively dubbed the "dark sector."


Lipid involved with gene regulation uncovered

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new role for the bioactive lipid messenger, sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P, that is abundant in our blood - a finding that could lead to a ...


NGC 4945: The Milky Way's not-so-distant Cousin

NGC 4945: The Milky Way's not-so-distant Cousin

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO has released a striking new image of a nearby galaxy that many astronomers think closely resembles our own Milky Way. Though the galaxy is seen edge-on, observations of NGC 4945 suggest ...


Finding the ZIP-code for gene therapy: Scientists imitate viruses to deliver therapeutic genes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transp ...


Turning back the clock: Fasting prolongs reproductive life span

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientific dogma has long asserted that females are born with their entire lifetime's supply of eggs, and once they're gone, they're gone. New findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, published online ...