Whole Genome Sequencing for Fetuses
Genome Sequencing for Fetuses In June, researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle announced the successful sequencing of a complete fetal genome using nothing more than snippets of DNA...
View ArticleEnding Invasive Chimp Research
Ending Invasive Chimp Research For decades, invasive research on chimpanzees has cast a shadow on the conscience of medical science in the United States. Mankind's closest relative is clearly capable...
View ArticleThe Rise of Rare Variants
The Rise of Rare Variants Late in the millennium's first decade, after the first great wave of disease genomics studies, genetics came to an uncomfortable realization: For all that many common diseases...
View ArticleLife's New Chemical Code
Life's New Chemical Code For the last three billion years, life on Earth has relied on two information-storing molecules, DNA and RNA. Now there's a third: XNA, a polymer synthesized by molecular...
View ArticleDec 18, 2012
Planetary Nebula Ornament The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks...
View ArticleDec 19, 2012
Back-Lit Saturn NASA's Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn's shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the...
View ArticleSept. 14: Mickey on Mercury
Sept. 14: Mickey on Mercury This scene is to the northwest of the recently named crater Magritte, in Mercury's south. The image is not map projected; the larger crater actually sits to the north of the...
View ArticleJuly 23: Rainbow Orion
July 23: Rainbow Orion This new view of the Orion nebula highlights fledgling stars hidden in the gas and clouds. It shows infrared observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European...
View ArticleDec. 2: Sinuous Filament of Cosmic Dust
Dec. 2: Sinuous Filament of Cosmic Dust This image from the APEX telescope, of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. In it, newborn...
View ArticleAug. 30: Saturn and Titan
Aug. 30: Saturn and Titan A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Titan, Saturn's...
View ArticleDec. 18: Planetary Nebula Ornament
Dec. 18: Planetary Nebula Ornament The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar...
View ArticleOct. 9: Thor's Helmet
Oct.9: Thor's Helmet This VLT image of the Thor’s Helmet Nebula was taken on the occasion of ESO’s 50th Anniversary, 5 October 2012, with the help of Brigitte Bailleul — winner of the Tweet Your Way to...
View ArticleSept. 25: Hubble Goes Extremely Deep
Sept. 25: Hubble Goes Extremely Deep Like photographers assembling a portfolio of their best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of our deepest-ever view of the Universe. Called...
View ArticleDec 20, 2012
Cygnus Loop Filaments As an end of the year finale, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and WIYN partners offer this new wide-field image of the Cygnus loop. Three degrees on a side, this...
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