Einstein’s General Relativity Confirmed near Black Hole

Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed the effects predicted by Einstein’s general relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field near the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. This long-sought result represents the climax of a 26-year-long observation campaign using ESO’s telescopes in Chile.

Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time clearly revealed the effects of Einstein’s general relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field very close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. This long-sought result represents the climax of a 26-year-long observation campaign using ESO’s telescopes in Chile.

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Experimental Drug Reverses Hair Loss and Skin Damage linked to Fatty Diet, shows new study in mice

Mechanism of action of lactosylceramide in skin inflammation and restoration by the use of D-PDMP. Feeding a western diet raises the level of oxidized phospholipid which activates Lactosylceramide synthase (GalT-V) to generate lactosylceramide which produces reactive oxygen species-a pro-oxidant environment. Lactosylceramide also reacts with infiltrating neutrophils to activate phospholipase A-2, thus releasing arachidonic acid, eicosanoids and contributing to inflammation. This cycle of events can be broken by the judicious use of D-PDMP/BPD.

Mechanism of action of lactosylceramide in skin inflammation and restoration by the use of D-PDMP. Feeding a western diet raises the level of oxidized phospholipid which activates Lactosylceramide synthase (GalT-V) to generate lactosylceramide which produces reactive oxygen species-a pro-oxidant environment. Lactosylceramide also reacts with infiltrating neutrophils to activate phospholipase A-2, thus releasing arachidonic acid, eicosanoids and contributing to inflammation. This cycle of events can be broken by the judicious use of D-PDMP/BPD.

The research advances search for compounds that may someday accelerate wound healing and reverse balding...

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Thin Gap on Stellar Family Portrait

Satellite: Gaia Copyright: ESA/Gaia/DPAC

Satellite: Gaia Copyright: ESA/Gaia/DPAC

A thin gap has been discovered on the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (HRD), the most fundamental of all maps in stellar astronomy, a finding that provides new information about the interior structures of low mass stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to a study led by astronomers at Georgia State University.

Just as a graph can be made of people with different heights and weights, astronomers compare stars using their luminosities and temperatures. The HRD is a “family portrait” of the stars in the Galaxy, where stars such as the Sun, Altair, Alpha Centauri, Betelgeuse, the north star Polaris and Sirius can be compared...

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3D Printing the Next Generation of Batteries

Lattice architecture can provide channels for effective transportation of electrolyte inside the volume of material, while for the cube electrode, most of the material will not be exposed to the electrolyte. The cross-section view shows the silver mesh enabling the charge (Li+ ions) transportation to the current collector and how most of the printed material has been utilized. Credit: Rahul Panat, Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering

Lattice architecture can provide channels for effective transportation of electrolyte inside the volume of material, while for the cube electrode, most of the material will not be exposed to the electrolyte. The cross-section view shows the silver mesh enabling the charge (Li+ ions) transportation to the current collector and how most of the printed material has been utilized.
Credit: Rahul Panat, Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering

Additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, can be used to manufacture porous electrodes for lithium-ion batteries – but because of the nature of the manufacturing process, the design of these 3D printed electrodes is limited to just a few possible architectures...

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