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- Tectonic plates not rigid, deform horizontally in cooling process
- Dark matter may be massive: Theorists suggest the standard model may account for the stuff
- Climate, emerging diseases: Dangerous connections found
- Vaccine-resistant polio strain discovered
- How a giant impact formed asteroid Vesta's 'belt'
- When did galaxies settle down?
- NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility completes initial assessment after Orbital launch mishap
- Tiny carbon nanotube pores make big impact
- People with tinnitus process emotions differently from their peers, researchers report
| Tectonic plates not rigid, deform horizontally in cooling process Posted: 04 Nov 2014 11:19 AM PST The puzzle pieces of tectonic plates are not rigid and don't fit together as nicely as we were taught in high school. A new nstudy quantifies deformation of the Pacific plate and challenges the central approximation of the plate tectonic paradigm that plates are rigid. |
| Dark matter may be massive: Theorists suggest the standard model may account for the stuff Posted: 04 Nov 2014 08:16 AM PST Instead of WIMPS or axions, dark matter may be made of macroscopic objects as small as a few ounces up to the size of a good asteroid, and probably as dense as a neutron star or the nucleus of an atom, researchers suggest. |
| Climate, emerging diseases: Dangerous connections found Posted: 04 Nov 2014 08:14 AM PST Climate change may affect human health directly or indirectly. In addition to increased threats of storms, flooding, droughts, and heat waves, other health risks are being identified. In particular, new diseases are appearing, caused by infectious agents until now unknown, or that are changing, especially under the effect of changes in the climate. These are so-called "emerging" or "re-emerging" infectious diseases, such as leishmaniasis, West Nile fever, etc. According to the WHO, these diseases are causing one third of deaths around the world, and developing countries are on the front line. |
| Vaccine-resistant polio strain discovered Posted: 04 Nov 2014 08:14 AM PST The global initiative to eradicate poliomyelitis through routine vaccination has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 99% in 30 years. However, major epidemics are still occurring today. Researchers have identified the virus responsible for deadly and recent outbreaks, and have sequenced its genetic material. The genetic sequence shows two mutations, unknown until now, of the proteins that form the "shell" (capsid) of the virus. On the face of it, this evolution complicates the task for the antibodies produced by the immune system of the vaccinated patient as they can no longer recognize the viral strain. |
| How a giant impact formed asteroid Vesta's 'belt' Posted: 03 Nov 2014 01:19 PM PST Collisions of heavenly bodies generate almost unimaginable levels of energy. Researchers used NASA's ultra-high-speed cannon and computer models to simulate such a collision on Vesta, the second-largest object in the asteroid belt. Their analysis of the images -- taken at a million frames per second -- shows how Vesta may have gotten the deep grooves that encircle its midsection. |
| When did galaxies settle down? Posted: 30 Oct 2014 07:12 AM PDT Astronomers have long sought to understand exactly how the universe evolved from its earliest history to the cosmos we see around us in the present day. In particular, the way that galaxies form and develop is still a matter for debate. Now a group of researchers have used the collective efforts of the hundreds of thousands of people that volunteer for the Galaxy Zoo project to shed some light on this problem. They find that galaxies may have settled into their current form some two billion years earlier than previously thought. |
| NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility completes initial assessment after Orbital launch mishap Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:09 PM PDT The Wallops Incident Response Team completed today an initial assessment of Wallops Island, Virginia, following the catastrophic failure of Orbital Science Corp.'s Antares rocket shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 28, from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. |
| Tiny carbon nanotube pores make big impact Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:56 AM PDT Scientists have created a new kind of ion channel based on short carbon nanotubes, which can be inserted into synthetic bilayers and live cell membranes to form tiny pores that transport water, protons, small ions and DNA. These carbon nanotube "porins" have significant implications for future health care and bioengineering applications. |
| People with tinnitus process emotions differently from their peers, researchers report Posted: 25 Jun 2014 03:49 PM PDT Patients with persistent ringing in the ears -- a condition known as tinnitus -- process emotions differently in the brain from those with normal hearing, researchers report. Tinnitus afflicts 50 million people in the United States, and causes those with the condition to hear noises that aren't really there. These phantom sounds are not speech, but rather whooshing noises, train whistles, cricket noises or whines. Their severity often varies day to day. |
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