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NASA Studying Shared Venus Science Objectives with Russian Space Research Institute

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The Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute (IKI) Venera-D mission concept includes a Venus orbiter...

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Could Fast Radio Bursts Be Powering Alien Probes?

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Hubble Dates Black Hole’s Last Big Meal

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Dawn Identifies Age of Ceres' Brightest Area

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The bright spots in the center of Occator Crater on Ceres are shown in enhanced color in this view from NASA's Dawn...

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NASA's Kepler Provides Another Peek at Ultra-cool Neighbor

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This illustration shows the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incredibly...

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New optical nanosensor improves brain mapping accuracy, opens way for more applications: Potassium-sensitive fluorescence-imaging method shines light on chemical activity within the brain

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A new optical nanosensor enables more accurate brain mapping and opens the way for broader applications in future; Fig. 5 in a paper...

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Graphene sheets capture cells efficiently: New method could enable pinpoint diagnostics on individual blood cells

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Mild heating of graphene oxide sheets makes it possible to bond particular compounds to the sheets’ surface, a new study shows. These...

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Triboelectric Nanogenerators Boost Mass Spectrometry Performance

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A proof of concept triboelectric nanogenerator produces electrical charges for a mass spectrometer. Georgia Tech researchers have shown...

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