Press Releases

July 29, 2019

A Stellar Stream in the Milky Way Provides Evidence of Dark Substructure

A model of the stars in the GD-1 stellar stream overlaid on data collected by the Gaia spacecraft. The color of each stat represents how strongly its orbit was affected by the unknown dark matter substructure of the galaxy. White represents a significant change from normal, while red represents almost no difference

July 10, 2019

Pair of Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on a Collision Course By Thomas Sumner

An image of a galaxy with bright blobs stacked on top of one another in the middle. An inset shows a close up of the two blobs, which are the locations of supermassive black holes.

June 26, 2019

The First AI Simulation of the Universe Is Fast and Accurate — and Even Its Creators Don’t Know How It Works By Thomas Sumner

A comparison of the accuracy of two models of the universe. The new model (left), dubbed D3M, is both faster and more accurate than an existing method (right) called second-order perturbation theory, or 2LPT. The colors represent the average displacement error in millions of light-years for each point in the grid relative to a high-accuracy (though much slower) model

June 04, 2019

Laser-Controlled Novel Superconductors Could Help Pave the Way to Quantum Computers

Blue-tinted image of top of a building with FI on top

May 27, 2019

New Causes of Autism Found in ‘Junk’ DNA By Thomas Sumner

Portrait photo of Olga Troyanskaya

April 04, 2019

How ALS Progresses on Genetic and Cellular Level Revealed by High-Res Spinal Cord Study By Thomas Sumner

A human spinal tissue sample. On top of the image are a series of colored spots representative of gene expression.

February 28, 2019

Open-Source Software Tracks Neural Activity in Real Time

An image of neurons (white) taken using calcium imaging techniques. An innovative software dubbed CaImAn can automatically differentiate between individual neurons (yellow outlines) with nearly the same accuracy as a human (red outlines).

February 26, 2019

Scientists Provide New Insight on How the Nose Adapts to Smells