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Nanofiber spheres injected with cells into wounds

When nanofiber spheres are injected with cells into wounds, the spheres biodegrade, but the cells live on to form new tissue.

Twitter users surveyed after earthquake in Japan

Twitter users can benefit those seeking to broadcast or discover information in times of disaster, but a method for regulating false "retweets" might be needed.

Little Ice Age caused by other factors than quiet sun

Factors other than low sunspot activity must have contributed to the Little Ice Age that began in the 17th century, according to a new study.

Big Bang still possible to deduce in the future

We could still find evidence of the Big Bang and an expanding universe a trillion years from now, even with no galaxies visible in the night sky.

Jupiter climbs upward in eastern dawn during May 2011

You're not likely to see much of the planet Jupiter in early May 2011. However, the giant planet quickly climbs away the glow of dawn throughout the month. When will you first spot Jupiter, the sky's second planet, in the east before sunrise?

Video of The Elements, sung by Tom Lehrer

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium ...

Warped space-time visualized by physicists

Stretching and twisting lines can visually portray the warping of space-time and solve a mystery surrounding merged black holes.

Earthquake aftershock of 7.4-magnitude strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued

Japan's meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter, following a strong earthquake today near the east coast of Honshu.

Two small asteroids pass within moon’s distance today

The moon is our closest neighbor in space, but today two asteroids come closer. One passed through the Earth/moon system this morning - and the other minutes ago.

Asteroid 2010 SO16 is following Earth in its orbit around sun

Astronomers in Ireland have found another asteroid , asteroid 2010 SO16, is Earth's companion, sharing our orbit around the sun.