
Author: Vince Stricherz




A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ physicist has used new satellite data to update his decade-old recreation of the sound of the Big Bang at the birth of the universe.

Construction can be a dangerous business, and there’s always plenty of it happening at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, from remodeling a section of one building to refurbishing an entire building or erecting a new one. A decade ago, when the Capital Projects Office began keeping tabs on worker injuries, it was estimated that 12 of every 100 workers were injured and lost time on the job, a number deemed unacceptably high, said Ronald Fouty, safety director in capital projects. The…


It’s Husky Weekend at Pacific Science Center, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ scientists and researchers will have family-oriented activities and exhibits ranging from building a race car to controlling underwater robots.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-developed screening for debilitating, often-fatal genetic conditions has drawn interest from companies that could use it in tests distributed nationally and around the world.






A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ research team has captured color photographs of what could be a previously undocumented species of chambered nautilus, a cephalopod mollusk often classified as a “living fossil,” in the waters off American Samoa in the South Pacific. “This is certainly a new taxon, but we are not sure if it is a new species, subspecies or variety,” said Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ paleontologist Peter Ward, who led the expedition to Samoa and Fiji. “The Samoan nautiluses are large for the…



Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ biologist to push for more forensic testing of seized ivory to help track down poachers, slow elephant slaughter.







A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researcher has determined the precise configuration of substances derived from hops that give beer its distinctive flavor, a finding that could lead to important new pharmaceuticals.


Recent admissions statistics show that more minority students are applying to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.

A Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ scientist’s work aided a Greenland ice study that could indicate where Earth is headed with climate change.












A British philosopher once suggested the possibility that our universe might be a computer simulation run by our descendants. A team of physicists at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has devised a potential test to see if the idea has merit.

Research suggests rising atmospheric acidity is probably why levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 in Greenland ice samples dropped around the time of the Industrial Revolution.