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    Juno mission captures images of Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s moon Io Light from the plumes and fires of Io on Earth’s darkest night

    January 2, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Juno’s Radiation Monitoring Investigation collected this image of Jupiter’s moon Io with Juno’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) star camera shortly after Io was eclipsed by Jupiter at 12:40:29 (UTC) Dec. 21, 2018. Io is softly illuminated by moonlight from another of Jupiter’s moons, Europa. The brightest feature on Io is suspected to be a penetrating radiation signature. The glow of activity from several of Io’s volcanoes is seen, including a plume circled in the image.
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

    A team of space scientists has captured new images of a volcanic plume on Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s 17th flyby of the gas giant. On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system...

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    Wireless ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’ could offer new Treatment for Neurological Disorders

    January 2, 2019, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology


    In a proposed device, two of the new chips would be embedded in a chassis located outside the head. Each chip could monitor electrical activity from 64 electrodes located into the brain while simultaneously delivering electrical stimulation to prevent unwanted seizures or tremors. Credit
    Credit: Rikky Muller, UC Berkeley

    Device fine-tunes treatment by stimulating and and recording electric current in the brain at the same time. A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s.

    The device, named the WAND, works like a “pacemaker for the brain,” monitoring the brain’s ele...

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    New Horizons Successfully explores Ultima Thule

    January 1, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    At left is a composite of two images taken by New Horizons’ high-resolution Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), which provides the best indication of Ultima Thule’s size and shape so far. Preliminary measurements of this Kuiper Belt object suggest it is approximately 20 miles long by 10 miles wide (32 kilometers by 16 kilometers). An artist’s impression at right illustrates one possible appearance of Ultima Thule, based on the actual image at left. The direction of Ultima’s spin axis is indicated by the arrows.
    Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI; sketch courtesy of James Tuttle Keane

    NASA spacecraft reaches most distant target in history...

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    Low Carb? Low Fat? What the Latest Dieting Studies tell us

    January 1, 2019, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Low carb? Low fat? What the latest dieting studies tell us
    This June 9, 2014 file photo shows a dish of steak and cheese pasta in Concord, N.H. Two major studies in 2018 provided more fuel for the debate around carbs and fats, yet failed to offer a resolution to the polarizing matter of the best way to lose weight. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

    If you’re planning to try to lose weight in 2019, you’re sure to find a fierce debate online and among friends and family about how best to do it. It seems like everyone has an opinion, and new fads emerge every year. Two major studies last year provided more fuel for a particularly polarizing topic—the role carbs play in making us fat. The studies gave scientists some clues, but, like other nutrition studies, they can’t say which diet—if any—is best for everyone...

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