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    The Puzzle of the Galaxy with No Dark Matter

    July 21, 2023, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Dark matter-free galaxy NGC 1277, located near the centre of the Perseus cluster, 240 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Beasley (IAC)

    A team of scientists, led by the researcher at the IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL) Sebastién Comerón, has found that the galaxy NGC 1277 does not contain dark matter. This is the first time that a massive galaxy (it has a mass several times that of the Milky Way) does not show evidence for this invisible component of the universe. “This result does not fit in with the currently accepted cosmological models, which include dark matter” explains Comerón.

    In the current standard model cosmology massive galaxies contain substantial quantities of dark matter, a type of matter which does not interact in the same way as no...

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    Scientists find that a Special Omega-3 Lipid might Prevent Fatty Liver disease

    July 20, 2023, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Detection of the lysolipid transporter Mfsd2a in hepatocytes, stained green, in proximity to a bile duct, stained magenta. (Credit:  Chin Cheen Fei)

    Long-running research by Duke-NUS Medical School into the omega-3 transporter protein Mfsd2a has shown that it plays a key role in a specific mechanism that prevents the liver from storing too much fat from food. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, this latest study by Duke-NUS and collaborators from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) signals the possibility that a dietary supplement could be developed to help prevent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

    Eating too much fatty food increases the risk of many health problems, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and NAFLD...

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    Researchers Achieve Historic Milestone in Energy Capacity of Supercapacitors

    July 20, 2023, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics

    A landmark study led by Luis Echegoyen, Ph.D., professor emeritus at The University of Texas at El Paso, and Marta Plonska-Brzezinska, Ph.D., of the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland (not pictured), was recently featured in the journal Scientific Reports, which is published by leading research publisher Nature Portfolios. It describes how they have achieved the highest level of energy storage — also known as capacitance — in a supercapacitor ever recorded.
    A landmark study led by Luis Echegoyen, Ph.D., professor emeritus at The University of Texas at El Paso, and Marta Plonska-Brzezinska, Ph.D., of the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland (not pictured), was recently featured in the journal Scientific Reports, which is published by leading research publisher Nature Portfolios. It describes how they have achieved the highest level of energy storage — also known as capacitance — in a supercapacitor ever recorded.

    Scientific community inches closer to ultrafast-charging energy storage. In a new landmark chemistry study, researchers describe how they have achieved the highest level of energy storage — also known as capacitance — in a supercapacitor ever recorded.

    The study, led by Luis Echegoyen, Ph.D...

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    VERA Unveils Surroundings of Rapidly Growing Black Holes

    July 20, 2023, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Jets ejected from a rapidly growing supermassive black hole with surrounding outflows. The polarization plane of a radio wave emitted from the vicinity of a black hole rotates as it passes through the surrounding magnetized gas. (Credit: NAOJ) 

    An international team of astronomers used the state-of-the-art capability of VERA, a Japanese network of radio telescopes operated by NAOJ, to uncover valuable clues about how rapidly growing “young” supermassive black holes form, grow, and possibly evolve into more powerful quasars.

    It is now widely accepted that nearly every active galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its core, with masses ranging from millions to billions of times that of the Sun...

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