Equipment at the ISOLDE proton-blasting laboratory where astatine was isolated and studied. ISOLDE is part of CERN, the European particle physics research collaboration. Wielding proton beams and lasers, physicists have for the first time unlocked one of the key secrets…
A graphic representation of the video game Tetris. Playing the video game “Tetris” shortly after a traumatic event, such as a car crash, may reduce the risk of developing intrusive flashbacks of the event, a new study suggests. Researchers found…
This facial reconstruction of a Viking woman’s skull shows a deep head wound, possibly sustained during battle. When the sword came down upon her head, the blade cut her to the bone. Scientists studying the Viking woman’s fractured skull 1,000…
NASA has released an image of a spooky, distant nebula which looks eerily like a woman’s face deep within the cosmos – but some alien researchers believe it was created by a ‘god-like’ race of extraterrestrials. Known as the Witch…
British ex-pat Andy Kemp, 58, who runs an environmental firm in Beirut, was sat at his desk when the blast threw him across his office, leaving him “soaked” in blood Half of the city was decimated by the deadly blast…
Previous infections with common cold viruses can train the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study. The study, published Aug. 4 in the journal Science, found that immune cells known as T…