Science

By focusing laser light to brightness one billion times greater than the surface of the Sun, a team of physicists from the United States and China has observed changes in a vision-enabling interaction between light and matter. Those changes yielded unique X-ray pulses with the potential to generate extremely high-resolution …

Needing medical care is difficult enough all on its own. But the process of obtaining that medical care is almost more of a hassle than it’s worth. A lot of the time, you end up waiting for lab results. Sometimes, that’s because the doc had to take a culture, and …

A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics suggests that the magnetosphere of the ice giant Uranus gets flipped on and off like a light switch every day as it rotates along with the planet. It’s ‘open’ in one orientation, allowing solar wind to flow into …

A few years ago we were all holding our breath during each SpaceX launch, wondering if the company’s innovative Falcon 9 rocket would be able to land itself after sending the second stage into orbit. Now, it’s becoming commonplace. In the last few days, there have been two successful SpaceX …

A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers has found that frequent fish consumption is associated with lower disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. According to Tedeschi et al, fish consumption may lower inflammation related to rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Image credit: Cattalin. “If …

A team of archaeologists from Belgium, the United States and Egypt has uncovered some previously unknown rock inscriptions, which include 5,200-year-old Egyptian hieroglyphs, at the archaeological site of El-Khawy, near the ancient Egyptian city of Elkab. The newly discovered panel of signs features images of a bull’s head on a …

Implants that deliver a constant metered dose of medication have plenty of promise. They’re especially useful for making sure patients don’t have to orient their daily schedule around their medication times. For the same reasons, they’re a potential solution for patients who tend to forget to take medications that have …

The American FDA has a track record of sitting back and letting Europe guinea-pig medical innovations for us, especially durable goods. Many a web search has resulted in the familiar shutdown: “not available in America, although in common use in Europe.” I myself have participated in medical tourism for a …

In a study published this week in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, researchers from Temple University and the Sapienza University of Roma show that the daily consumption of extra-virgin olive oil, a major component of the Mediterranean diet, protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of …

Using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera — the most powerful camera ever to orbit another planet, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a view of the agency’s Curiosity rover this month amid tan rocks and dark sand on Mount Sharp, Gale crater, Mars. This color-enhanced view of NASA’s …