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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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... — full story
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,... — full story