STANFORD, Calif. — A new study shows that confusion over how to identify and treat food allergies is creating the potential for misdiagnosis of this condition.
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COLLEGE STATION, May 11, 2010 — Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a Texas A&M University-led team of astronomers has uncovered what may be the earliest, most distant cluster of galaxies ever detected.
Using observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton, astronomers have announced a robust detection of a vast reservoir of intergalactic gas about 400 million light years from Earth.
ESA's Herschel infrared space telescope has made an unexpected discovery: a hole in space. The hole has provided astronomers with a surprising glimpse into the end of the star-forming process.
The traditional practice of finishing cattle on corn may not be the only way to achieve high marbling, a desirable characteristic of quality beef.
Troy, N.Y. – A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers this summer will take a close look at a rare cosmic cradle for the universe's largest stars, baby bruisers that grow up to have 50 times the sun's mass.
The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation. New images show thousands of distant galaxies furiously building stars and beautiful star-forming clouds draped across the Milky Way. One picture even catches an 'impossible' star in the act of formation.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered something odd about a distant planet called GJ 436b; it lacks methane, an ingredient common to many of the planets in our solar system.
GJ 436b is located 33 light-years away in the constellation Leo, the Lion. It rides in a tight, 2.64-day orbit around its small star, an "M-dwarf" much cooler than our sun. The planet transits, or crosses in front of, its star as viewed from Earth.
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature this week dedicated to the new results obtained with AKARI, the first Japanese infrared satellite. AKARI is a project of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with the participation of the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched in February 2006. It is equipped with a 68.5 cm cooled telescope and two instruments: the infrared camera (1.8-26 mic) and the far-infrared surveyor (50-180 mic). AKARI surveyed the whole sky in six infrared bands from May 2006 to August 2007.
