A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Parallelizing common algorithms
Researchers revamp a common “data structure” so that it will work with multicore chips. [caption id="attachment_2415" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration: Christine Daniloff/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- Every undergraduate computer-science major takes a course on data structures, which describes different…
Needle in a Haystack: Finding the Right Genes…
[caption id="attachment_2412" align="alignright" width="300"] Arabidopsis thaliana, a model flowering plant studied by biologists, has climate-sensitive genes whose expression was found to evolve. Courtesy of Penn State[/caption] Scientists using supercomputers found genes sensitive to cold and…
The tell-tale signs of galactic merger
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this striking view of spiral galaxy NGC 7714. This galaxy has drifted too close to another nearby galaxy and the dramatic interaction has twisted its spiral arms out…
New Biological Evidence Reveals Link Between Brain Inflammation,…
[caption id="attachment_2404" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Jeffrey Meyer (CAMH)[/caption] A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) found that the measure of brain inflammation in people who were experiencing clinical depression was…