Daily Archives: May 28, 2012

The anatomy of a stellar outflow

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Deskarati

Astronomers used to think that star formation simply involved the gradual coalescence of material under the influence of gravity. No longer. Making a new star is a complex process, among other things assembling a circumstellar disk (possibly preplanetary in nature) … Continue reading →

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How big is a billion?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Deskarati

 

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How A Virus Invades Your Body

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Deskarati

When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. In this animation, NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu virus can trick a single cell into making … Continue reading →

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Olympicene

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Deskarati

Olympicene radical processed AFM image. Credit: IBM Research – Zurich, University of Warwick, Royal Society of Chemistry Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure – about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair – and you’ll probably … Continue reading →

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