These are also called, Southern Lights, The Northern Lights, Borealis, Aurora Australis, Aurora Borealis. An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), also commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth’s sky,...
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Nitrogen released into the soil from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could accelerate soil carbon decomposition and alter carbon dynamics, with global implications. The Arctic is warming 2–3 times...
Presented by Mike Baruah. Our North America Correspondent. At a Glance Scientists identified a group of neurons in mice that blunt pain by dampening the activity of multiple pain-processing...
Members of the CEERS collaboration explore the first wide, deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope at the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s Visualization Lab on the UT...
Moving Beyond Opioids. Most people experience some kind of pain during their lives. Pain serves an important purpose: it warns the body when it’s in danger. Think of when...
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Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones.
By Conn Hastings, science writer. Honeybees use a sophisticated dance to tell their sisters about the location of nearby flowers. This phenomenon forms the inspiration for a form of...
Vitamins, Minerals, and More. Bottles of supplements line the shelves at your local supermarket. These include vitamins and minerals from A to zinc. You can also find products like...
Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change. Adam Zewe. MIT News Office Publication Date:, July 27,...
Compilation assist by Michael Baruah, our North America Correspondent. In a clinical trial, early treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections slowed diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes...
Anne Trafton. MIT News Office. A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries. Inspired by...