Astronomy Astronomers Discover New “Fossil Galaxy” Buried Deep Within the Milky Way (Astronomy) 21 Nov 2020 Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden in the depths of our own Milky…
Planetary Science Jupiter, Saturn will look like double planet for First Time Since Middle Ages (Planetary Science) 21 Nov 202021 Nov 2020 Just after sunset on the evening of Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people…
Astronomy Understanding The ‘Dark’ Universe and Primordial Galaxy Formation (Astronomy) 21 Nov 2020 The Extreme-Horizon collaboration run by teams at the CEA, CNRS, Sorbonne Université and Université Paris-Saclay has produced a completely new simulation of the evolution of cosmic structures – galaxies, stars…
Medicine What Platelets and Endothelial Cells May Reveal About the Coronavirus Disease? (Medicine) 21 Nov 2020 Yale researchers have helped identify the mechanisms behind a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients. Extensive blood clots in both large and small blood vessels in the…
Medicine Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Produces Strong Immune Response in Older Adults (Medicine) 21 Nov 202021 Nov 2020 The ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 coronavirus vaccine, developed by teams at the University of Oxford, has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and those over…
Chemistry Self-constructed Macrocycles With Low Symmetry (Chemistry) 21 Nov 2020 The synthesis and self-organization of biological macromolecules is essential for life on earth. LMU chemists now report the spontaneous emergence of complex ring-shaped macromolecules with low degrees of symmetry in…
Paleontology Rapid Climate Change Around 180 Million Years Ago Spread Well-known Long-necked Dinosaurs (Paleontology) 21 Nov 2020 Global warming triggered the evolution of giant dinosaurs. An international team of paleontologists, including LMU Professor Oliver Rauhut, finds evidence of rapid climate change 180 million years ago as the…
