A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the …read more Source:: Science
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TESS discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate ‘sub-Neptune’
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new worlds that are among the smallest, nearest exoplanets known to date. The planets orbit a star just 73 light …read more Source:: Science
New cause of cell aging discovered
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•New research could be key to our understanding of how the aging process works. The findings potentially pave the way for better cancer treatments and revolutionary new drugs that could …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host
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•A team has discovered how the female mosquito brain integrates visual and olfactory signals to identify, track and hone in on a potential host for her next blood meal. They …read more Source:: Science
How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at
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•Neuroscientists have discovered that at least six types of mammals — from mice to cats — distinguish odors in roughly the same way, using circuitry in the brain that’s evolutionarily …read more Source:: Science
Moon-forming disk discovered around distant planet
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•Using Earth’s most powerful array of radio telescopes, astronomers have made the first observations of a circumplanetary disk of gas and dust like the one that is believed to have …read more Source:: Science
A short bout of exercise enhances brain function
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•Neuroscientists, working with mice, have discovered that a short burst of exercise directly boosts the function of a gene that increases connections between neurons in the hippocampus, the region of …read more Source:: Science
Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing
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•Scientists have discovered that terahertz light — light at trillions of cycles per second — can act as a control knob to accelerate supercurrents. That can help open up the …read more Source:: Science
Could coffee be the secret to fighting obesity?
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•Scientists have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate ‘brown fat’, the body’s own fat-fighting defenses, which could be the key to tackling obesity and diabetes. …read more Source:: Science
Two new Earth-like planets discovered near Teegarden’s Star
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•An international research team has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest stars. Teegarden’s Star is about 12.5 light years away and is one of the smallest …read more Source:: Science