Science

Animal study shows flexible, dissolvable silicon device promising for brain monitoring: Other applications include post-operative observation for vascular, cardiac, and orthopaedic procedures, finds Penn study

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Thin, flexible neural electrode arrays with fully bioresorbable construction based on patterned silicon nanomembranes (Si NMs) as the...

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Understanding tiny droplets can make for better weather forecasts: Climate change models also benefit from understanding fundamental thermodynamics of water droplets

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An image of two coalescing water droplets. The figure to the left shows a snapshot from a molecular dynamics simulation, where the small...

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Galaxy-sized peanuts? Astronomers use new imaging software to detect double ‘peanut shell’ galaxy

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The large (peanut shell)-shaped bulge at the centre of the disc galaxy NGC 128.

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Two thirds of large UK businesses hit by cyber breach or attack in past year

Britain’s businesses are being urged to better protect themselves from cyber criminals after government research into cyber security found two thirds of large businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack in the past year.

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Witness Juno's Arrival at Jupiter Live from JPL

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The gravitational pull of Saturn changes the amount of particles spraying from the south pole of Saturn's active moon...

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NRL Engineers to Lead Payload Development for Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers in the Space Robotics Laboratory (SRL...

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Molybdenum disulfide holds promise for light absorption: Rice researchers probe light-capturing properties of atomically thin MoS2

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Using a layer of molybdenum disulfide less than one nanometer thick, researchers in Rice University's Thomann lab were able to design a...

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Unique nano-capsules promise the targeted drug delivery: Russian scientists created unique nano-capsules for the targeted drug delivery

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A method of manufacturing of containers and their nano-structure depending on the temperature.

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