What ionized the universe? The sparsely distributed hot gas that exists in the space between galaxies, the intergalactic medium, is ionized. The question is, how? Astronomers know that once the early universe expanded and cooled […]
Proofs of parallel evolution between cognition, tool development, and social complexity Researchers have examined the visual response of 113 individuals when observing prehistoric ceramics belonging to different styles and societies. The ceramics analysed cover 4,000 […]
There’s Another Link Between Our Gut And The Brain That Could Help Avoid Dementia Usually, the reason you have to watch your salt intake has to do with the health of your cardiovascular system. But our […]
Possible link found between diabetes and common white pigment In a pilot study by a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, crystalline particles of titanium dioxide — the most common white […]
‘Division of labor’ between hemispheres of multicellular spheroidal alga controls light-sensitive movement Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a motility-reactivation method to help determine how light-responsive changes in flagellar waveform in Volvox […]
Electrical and chemical coupling between Saturn and its rings A Langmuir probe, developed in Sweden and flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. Jan-Erik Wahlund […]