Wandering star disrupts stellar nursery
New study finds star-forming cloud’s magnetic field is curiously twisted. Researchers believe a newborn star moved into another young star’s stellar envelope to form a binary star system. The interloper shifted the cloud’s dynamics, twisting its magnet…
Fluorescence microscopy shows how living cells form vesicles to transport cargo like growth factors
Cells have a clever way called clathrin-mediated endocytosis to transport cargos like growth factors across the cell membrane and into the cell. Researchers used a sophisticated fluorescence microscopy imaging called STAR microscopy to follow clathrin-…
21 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer
Make the most of this summer with our list of must-see, fun, and insightful art events in and around New York City.
A Celebration of New Media in New Mexico
CURRENTS New Media Festival has been bringing interactive art to Santa Fe for 20 years.
Inside Kashmir’s First Commercial Art Gallery
Founded by a couple who returned home after decades of working abroad, Aesthetics Art Gallery offers artists in the war-torn region a rare opportunity to show their work.
What Does Southern Queerness Look Like?
Artist Chloe Chiasson, who grew up in a small conservative town in Texas, draws from its iconic imagery to make space for queer figures.
Looking Back at Vivian Browne’s Shift to Abstraction
The lively colors and patterns in Browne’s Africa painting series hint at the depth and breadth of visual stimuli that she experienced traveling to West Africa.
Could used beer yeast be the solution to heavy metal contamination in water?
A new study finds inactive yeast could be effective as an inexpensive, abundant, and simple material for removing lead contamination from drinking water supplies. The approach should be efficient and economic, even down to part-per-billion levels of co…
Researchers discover mechanism linking mutations in the ‘dark matter’ of the genome to cancer
Many sections of the non-coding region of the human genome play a key role in regulating gene activity. But the relationship between non-coding mutations and cancer risk has been a mystery. New research sheds light on that mystery, providing clues that…
Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals first evidence of one extinct animal’s annual migration
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first study to document the annual migration of an individ…
Nanoparticle sensor can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia
Many different types of bacteria and viruses can cause pneumonia, but there is no easy way to determine which microbe is causing a particular patient’s illness. This uncertainty makes it harder for doctors to choose effective treatments because the ant…
New inherited retroviruses identified in the koala genome
Historic virus infections can be traced in vertebrate genomes. For millions of years, these genomes have been repositories for retroviruses that incorporated their code into germline cells and were inherited as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). Researche…
Bioengineering team develops a remote lab to teach enzyme kinetics
Researchers demonstrate the implementation of a remote laboratory activity to teach students about enzyme kinetics.