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Drug-delivering nanoparticles seek and destroy elusive cancer stem cells

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Illinois researchers developed nanoparticles that can target cancer stem cells (yellow), the rare cells within a tumor (blue) that can...

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NASA Builds its Next Mars Rover Mission

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his artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying a Mars rock outrcrop. The mission will not only seek...

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Newly Discovered Twin Planets Could Solve Puffy Planet Mystery

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Upper left: Schematic of the K2-132 system on the main sequence. Lower left: Schematic of the K2-...

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Graphene oxide making any material suitable to create biosensors: Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a new tool for biomedical research focused on single-cell investigation

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Single cell immobilization on GO modified substrates.

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A material with promising properties: Konstanz scientist synthesizes an important ferromagnetic semiconductor

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icture of a hybrid particle taken by a transmission electron microscope. Pictured are the inorganic (dark) and organic (light) lamellas...

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Tiny robots step closer to treating hard-to-reach parts of the body

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Spirulina algae coated with magnetic particles to form a microrobot. Devices such as these could be developed to diagnose and treat illness...

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Cassini Image Mosaic: A Farewell to Saturn

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After more than 13 years at Saturn, and with its fate sealed, NASA's Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian...

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ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before

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For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space....

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