Is Richard Branson Abandoning Virgin Galactic?
After all, it seems he’s going on a space flight operated by the company’s biggest rival.
Four Chicago Galleries Explore the Art of Arranging
An ingenious arrangement can engender awareness of spatial relationships, provide a much-needed sense of order, or offer purely aesthetic mysteries.
Shadow Play and the Art of Utako Shindo
Utako Shindo is interested in transitional passages and hinge experiences, or what she calls the “in-between spatiality.”
Why Airline Stocks Lost Some Altitude Today
Interest rates are on the rise, and that’s bad news for heavily indebted airlines.
An Artist’s Multi-Species Mythology, Inspired by Her Cat
Set in a realm where humans are no longer sovereign, Candice Lin’s elaborate installation foregrounds the lives and deaths of felines, critters, microbes, and demons in a practice of making kin.
The Art of Painting Divine Domes
Harout Bastajian has built a career painting calligraphic and geometric designs for the domes of mosques around the world. The results are stunning.
Why Virgin Galactic Stock Tumbled by 5% Today
Richard Branson’s immediate space travel plans apparently don’t involve his own company.
Amazon rainforest foliage gases affect the Earth’s atmosphere
Researchers have uncovered a plant-derived process that leads to the formation of aerosol particles over the Amazon rainforest and potentially other forested parts of the world.
Where storm surges are increasing the most
Extreme storms, like Sandy or Xaver, don’t happen often but when they do, cities need to be prepared. That’s why researchers have developed a new method to determine where extreme events, like 100-year storm floods, are more likely to occur, whether th…
Study reveals the dynamics of human milk production
Researchers have performed a large-scale, high-resolution study of the cells in breast milk, allowing them to track how these cells change over time in nursing mothers.
A mathematical shortcut for determining quantum information lifetimes
Scientists have derived an elegant equation that provides allows them to instantly calculate the quantum information lifetime for 12,000 different potential qubit materials.
Pulse oximeters did not change outcomes for patients in COVID-19 monitoring program
Already checked regularly for worsening symptoms via automated text messages, COVID-19 patients with pulse oximeters in a home monitoring program had similar recovery to those without them, according to new research.
Phthalates: Study investigates the effects of DiNP on the colon
Researchers looked at the effect of DiNP on the colonic environment in a new study.
Some types of epilepsy may be associated with worse quality of life
A new study suggests that people with epilepsy associated with head injuries, especially the type not well controlled by medication, are more likely to have other health conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), back pain and h…
Turmeric compound helps grow engineered blood vessels and tissues
Curcumin, a compound found in turmeric, has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and is known to suppress angiogenesis in malignant tumors. Bioengineers have now discovered that when delivered through magnetic hydrogels into stem cell cultures …
To save California’s whales, put overlooked threats into policy
Current whale-protection policies in California rarely address the overlapping, compounding stressors facing whale populations.
First large-scale study of COVID-era birth data finds significant drop in cesarian, induced deliveries
Premature births from cesarian (C-sections) and induced deliveries fell by 6.5 percent during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained consistently lower throughout — a likely result of fewer prenatal visits due to efforts to slow the spr…
Study reports potential target and compounds to slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have discovered a potential biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis that may also serve as a therapeutic target. Examining cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with cognitive impairment ranging from subjective impairment to a diagn…
Selfies may drive plastic surgery by distorting facial features
Cellphone ‘selfies’ distort facial features, an effect that may be driving an uptick in requests for plastic surgery, researchers show in a new study. The findings highlight an unexpected consequence of social media and the need for plastic surgeons to…
Cryo-EM imaging of STING protein reveals new binding pocket
Imaging at near-atomic resolution of a key immune protein commonly known as STING has revealed a previously unrecognized binding site that appears to be pivotal for launching immune attacks, scientists report. The findings could lead to new ways of man…