| Radiation measured by NASA's Curiosity on voyage to Mars has implications for future human missions  | Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it needs to design systems to protect human explorers from radiation exposure on deep-space expeditions in the future. | Read More »  One of the moon's mysteries solved: Origin of mascon basins  | A mystery of the moon that imperiled astronauts and spacecraft on lunar missions has been solved. Large concentrations of mass lurk on the lunar surface that can change the gravity field and either pull a spacecraft in or push it off course. Scientists have determined the origin of these mass concentrations. | Read More » Genetic variants linked to educational attainment  | A multi-national team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in the United States, Australia, and 13 western European countries. | Read More » Human activity echoes through Brazilian rainforest  | The disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from tropical forests in Brazil has caused the region's forest palms to produce smaller, less successful seeds over the past century, researchers say. The findings provide evidence that human activity can trigger fast-paced evolutionary changes in natural populations. | Read More » Sharks worth more in the ocean than on the menu  | Sharks are worth more in the ocean than in a bowl of soup, according to researchers. | Read More » Sensitive new microphone modeled on fly ear  | Using the sensitive ears of a parasitic fly for inspiration, a group of researchers has created a new type of microphone that achieves better acoustical performance than what is currently available in hearing aids. | Read More » Ultrasound 'Making Waves' for Enhancing Biofuel Production  | Engineers are using high-frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in order to cook up a better batch of biofuel. | Read More » Secrets of the cicada's sound  | Researchers are trying to make an artificial cicada for underwater communication. | Read More » New maps show how shipping noise spans the globe  | Scientists have modeled shipping noise on a global scale. | Read More »  | Conventional research on distant galaxies have been carried out mainly with visible light and near infrared light. However, it is possible that many galaxies in the universe have been overlooked as much of that radiation is largely absorbed by cosmic dust. That is why millimeter and submillimeter wave observations are important. Stellar light absorbed by dust is reradiated from the dust as millimeter/submillimeter waves. Therefore galaxies, even those which it has not been possible to observe with optical telescopes, can be detected using these wavebands. | Read More » | |
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