Press Releases

May 14, 2021

Shrinking Planets Could Explain Mystery of Universe’s Missing Worlds By Thomas Sumner

An artist's illustration of an exoplanet.

May 04, 2021

New Application of Artificial Intelligence Just Removed One of the Biggest Roadblocks in Astrophysics By Thomas Sumner

An image of nine outlines of 3-D cubes arranged in columns of three. The three rows are labeled in white text, from the top to the bottom row,

March 22, 2021

Fruit Fly Egg Takes an Active Hand in Its Own Growth, Highlighting Parallels to Mammals By Susan Reslewic Keatley, Ph.D.

Digital illustration of bidirectional communication between the nurse cells and the oocyte (one larger cell surrounded by follicle cells). In this process, nurse cells gradually become smaller and separate from the oocyte while the oocyte becomes larger in mass.

February 10, 2021

Switching Nanolight On and Off

An illustration of excitonic gas confined to the planes of the layered van der Waals semiconductor tungsten diselenide.

January 13, 2021

Mathematics Explains How Giant Whirlpools Form in Developing Egg Cells By Thomas Sumner

Digital illustration of mathematics to figure out how giant whirlpools form in developing egg cells.

October 23, 2020

Molecular Processes in Kidney Cells May ‘Prime’ Diabetics for COVID-19 Infection By Thomas Sumner

Different colored clusters of dots: purple, pink, red, yellow and blue

September 14, 2020

Infinitely Long Chains of Hydrogen Atoms Have Surprising Properties, Including a Metallic Phase By Thomas Sumner

A map of where electrons are most likely to be found around a chain of hydrogen atoms

September 09, 2020

Massive Halo Finally Explains Stream of Gas Swirling Around the Milky Way

The Small and Large Magellanic Clouds as they would appear if the gas around them were visible to the naked eye.