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News | Archive (December 2007)
Jets are a real drag
— 26 Dec 2007 | AstronomyAstronomers have found the best evidence yet of matter spiralling outward from a young, still-forming star in fountain-like jets. Due to the spiral motion, the jets help the star to grow by drawing angular momentum from the surrounding accretion disk…
Two noses are necessary for flies to navigate well
— 26 Dec 2007 | BiologyAnimals and insects communicate through an invisible world of scents. By exploiting infrared technology, researchers at Rockefeller University just made that world visible. With the ability to see smells, these scientists now show that when fly larvae detect smells with both olfactory organs they find their way toward a scented target more accurately than when they detect them with one…
Beetles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs
— 20 Dec 2007 | BiologyMost modern-day groups of beetles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs and have been diversifying ever since, says new research out in Science. There are approximately 350,000 species of beetles on Earth, and probably millions more yet to be discovered, accounting for about 25% of all known life forms on the planet…
The missing link between whales and their four-footed ancestors discovered
— 19 Dec 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyHans Thewissen, PhD, Professor of the Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), has announced the discovery of the missing link between whales and their four-footed ancestors in the prestigious British journal Nature…
Scientists generate frequency comb with microresonators on a chip
— 19 Dec 2007 | PhysicsThe frequency comb technique invented at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany, has influenced and advanced basic research as well as laser development and its applications to such an extent that in 2005 it's inventors Theodor Haensch (MPQ) and John Hall (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics…
New results on the rapid global warming 55 million years ago
— 19 Dec 2007 | EnvironmentIn its 20th December issue, Nature reports on new results on a phase of rapid global warming 55 million years ago. This episode of climate change is seen as the best fossil analogue to predicted future climate trends…
Two years in space for Galileo satellite
— 19 Dec 2007 | AstronomyOn 28 December, it will be two years since GIOVE-A - the first Galileo satellite - was launched by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. This satellite demonstrates the progress Europe has made in setting up its own navigation system…
New view of distant galaxy reveals furious star formation
— 19 Dec 2007 | AstronomyA furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought…
Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster
— 19 Dec 2007 | Geology and palaeontologyThe stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously published estimates, Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulations suggest…
Success of invasive Argentine ants linked to diet shifts
— 19 Dec 2007 | BiologyThe ability of Argentine ants to change from carnivorous insect eaters to plant sap-loving creatures has helped these invasive social insects rapidly spread throughout coastal California, according to a new study, displacing many native insects and creating ant infestations familiar to most coastal residents…
Laser flashes without bounds
New process promises bigger and better diamond crystals