High resolution microarrays and second-generation sequencing platforms are powerful tools to investigate genome-wide alterations in DNA copy number, methylation and gene expression associated with a ...

Spectral algorithms are classic approaches to clustering and community detection in networks. However, for sparse networks the standard versions of these algorithms are suboptimal, in some cases ...

A newfound object in the constellation Cetus may be the youngest globular cluster in the galaxy, says an astronomer in Chile. If so, it’s akin to a 30-year-old living in a retirement home. Globulars ...

Using European Space Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope, astronomers have measured the giant galaxy Messier 87 (M87). They were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by ...

Stars in dense clusters were mostly born at the same time, but a few seem to be much younger. The origin of these oddly young stars, which are known as blue stragglers, has been attributed to ...