(Graphic Supplied) University of Warwick, UK-(ENEWSPF)- A University of Warwick physicist has produced a galaxy sized solution which explains one of the outstanding puzzles of particle physics, while leaving the door open to the related conundrum of why different amounts of matter and antimatter seem to have survived the birth[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2011.  Exposure to certain pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the womb has been linked to neural tube defects, which lead to conditions such as spina bifida, according to researchers at Peking University in China. The study finds elevated levels of the organochlorine pesticides DDT, alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane[Read More…]

In a strange twist of science, astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they cannot explain. Image credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA-(ENEWSPF)- New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre, twisted ring of dense gas[Read More…]

NASA-(ENEWSPF)- On June 7, 2011 the Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare with a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME). This video uses the full-resolution 4096 x 4096 pixel images at a 1 minute time cadence and to provide the highest quality, finest detail version possible. It also shows the[Read More…]

Ann Arbor, MI-(ENEWSPF)- The results of a study on candidates’ use of Twitter in the 2010 midterm elections suggest that Republicans and Tea Party members used the social medium more effectively than their Democratic rivals. The University of Michigan study, among the first to examine the Tea Party’s social media[Read More…]

Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Fascinating video from NASA, a narrated play-by-play of Curiosity’s entry, descent, and landing on Mars! Artistic and scientific vision at its best.

This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars’ Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft northwest of the crater. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/UA Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale Crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory,[Read More…]

An artist’s conception of the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission reached a major milestone last week when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review (CDR). MAVEN, scheduled for launch in late 2013, will be the[Read More…]

This artist’s concept illustrates a quasar, or feeding black hole, similar to APM 08279+5255, where astronomers discovered huge amounts of water vapor. Gas and dust likely form a torus around the central black hole, with clouds of charged gas above and below. Image credit: NASA/ESA Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two teams of[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–22 July 2011.  Pollinating insects are more likely to move between areas of native forest separated by pine plantations than those separated by small holder farms, scientists from Oxford University and Earthwatch have found. The study challenges the long-held assumption that areas that provide resources to pollinators will act[Read More…]