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In the ongoing hunt for planets beyond our own solar system, spacecraft in coming years will focus their telescopes on the nearest stars. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is being designed to search for the most promising exoplanet targets for next-generation studies.

Dec 02, 2011

Three experts discuss the rising influence of neuroscience in the courtroom, how advances in neuroscience are posing new challenges for the judicial system, and the use of therapeutic solutions for reforming criminals.

Dec 02, 2011

New research adds doubt that a prominent European astrophysics experiment may have found evidence of dark matter. In an interview, Stanford’s Stefan Funk and Justin Vandenbroucke talk about their findings, as well as how they tricked a telescope into searching for particles it wasn’t designed to detect.

Nov 22, 2011

Cornell University researchers deliberately created atomic-level disorder in order to probe the workings of heavy fermion compounds. Could this experiment revolutionize 21st century technology?

Oct 17, 2011

Using skin cells from patients with mental disorders, scientists are creating brain cells that are now providing extraordinary insights into afflictions like schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease.

Oct 07, 2011

Researchers are beginning to decipher what exactly happens in our brains when we are making decisions

Aug 16, 2011