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The rapid expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), a cloud of atoms cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero in which all the atoms occupy the same quantum state, can mimic the expansion of the early Universe, according to a team of physicists from the University of Maryland, the …

According to a new study, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, older adults who take a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant called MitoQ see age-related vascular changes reverse by the equivalent of 15 to 20 years within six weeks. This new study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting pharmaceutical-grade …

Lego has unveiled a new series of space-themed sets. The new blocks are part of Lego’s FIRST initiative and are intended to be used in the 2018 – 2019 First Lego League challenge. First is an annual challenge event sponsored by Dean Kamen, previously known for inventing the Mall Cop …

One problem with researching the formation of the solar system is finding material that’s existed for more than four billion years. Much of our understanding of this time period comes from studying asteroids and the meteors that fall to Earth. On this planet, plate tectonics and surface weathering have destroyed, …

After months of uncertainty, NASA is getting a new administrator. The US Senate has confirmed Jim Bridenstine to head up the space agency. President Trump’s appointments have often been contentious, but this one has given even Republicans pause. Bridenstine currently serves as a Republican US Representative from Oklahoma, making him …

An international team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum, London, the University of Birmingham and Virginia Tech has formally given an ancient carnivorous reptile a name, over several decades since its fossils were found in Tanzania. The formal species description of Mandasuchus tanyauchen is published in a special memoir …

According to a review of more than 460 previous studies, ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs alone or in combination with paracetamol (acetaminophen) are better at easing dental pain. Opioid medication and medication combinations are not among the most effective or long lasting of the options available for relief of …

Earth is completely overrun with humans. There are billions of us living and dying on this planet, leaving signs of our existence in the soil, atmosphere, and even in space. Are we the first, though? Researchers from the University of Rochester and NASA have produced a paper that details how …

An international team of scientists from Australia, the Netherlands, Estonia and the United States has detected significant signatures of natural selection in the human genome that influence traits associated with fertility and heart function. Zeng et al detected signatures of natural selection in the genetic architecture of 23 complex traits. …

The Almahata Sitta meteorites — diamond-bearing space rock fragments that rained down on the Nubian Desert in Sudan in 2008 — are remnants of a Mercury- to Mars-sized protoplanet, a new study suggests. The Almahata Sitta meteorite. Image credit: Peter Jenniskens. On October 7, 2008, a 13-foot (4.1 m) diameter …