Science

Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Length and Size

2017-05_0.jpg

Full Story »
Scientists determine precise 3-D location, identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle: Berkeley Lab researchers help to map iron-platinum particle in unprecedented detail

54308.jpg
The precise 3-D atomic composition of an iron-platinum nanoparticle is revealed in this reconstruction, with iron atoms in red and platinum...

Full Story »
Highly sensitive gas sensors for volatile organic compound detection

54309.jpg
(Top) Schematic representation of the SnO2 nanorod sensor for volatile organic compound detection. (Bottom) Sensor response in relation to...

Full Story »
Background suppression for super-resolution light microscopy: KIT-developed STEDD nanoscopy yields enhanced image quality for analyzing three-dimensional molecules and cell structures -- presentation in Nature Photonics

54310.jpg
A cancer cell under the microscope: The STED image (left) has a background of low resolution. In the STEDD image (right), background...

Full Story »
DNA 'barcoding' allows rapid testing of nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery

54311_0.jpg
James Dahlman, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory...

Full Story »
First ever blueprint unveiled to construct a large scale quantum computer

54304.jpg
Dr Bjorn Lekitsch (left) and Prof Winfried Hensinger behind a quantum computer prototype at the University of Sussex.

Full Story »
NASA Highlights Science Launching on Next SpaceX Cargo Mission

ravenmodel_0_0.jpg
Raven, a technology demonstration headed to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX cargo launch, scheduled...

Full Story »
UCLA physicists map the atomic structure of an alloy: Researchers measured the coordinates of more than 23,000 atoms in a technologically important material

54305.jpg
Identification of the 3-D coordinates of 6,569 iron and 16,627 platinum atoms in an iron-platinum nanoparticle to correlate 3-D atomic...

Full Story »