Researchers are developing a single injection that could help the heart heal after a heart attack, offering weeks of protection with one dose. The experimental therapy, led by scientists from Texas A&M University, Columbia University…
European space agencies inaugurate altered-gravity aircraft
[caption id="attachment_4178" align="alignright" width="625"] Parabolic flight aircraft A310[/caption] ESA, France’s space agency CNES and the German aerospace centre DLR inaugurated the Airbus A310 ZERO-G refitted for altered gravity by running 12 scientific experiments this week.…
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Object recognition — determining what objects are where in a digital image — is a central research…
Researchers build new fermion microscope
Instrument freezes and images 1,000 individual fermionic atoms at once. [caption id="attachment_4167" align="alignright" width="639"] Graduate student Lawrence Cheuk adjusts the optics setup for laser cooling of sodium atoms.Photo: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fermions are the…
Kepler Observes Neptune Dance with Its Moons
NASA's Kepler spacecraft, known for its planet-hunting prowess of other stars, is also studying solar system objects. In its new K2 mission, Neptune and two of its moons, Triton and Nereid, have been imaged. The…