Science

NASA Technology Applied in Breast Cancer Study

Getting spacecraft ready for launch may have more to do with medical research than you think. For a new study on microbes that may be associated with a history of breast cancer, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California,...

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New imaging method reveals nanoscale details about DNA: Enhancement to super-resolution microscopy shows orientation of individual molecules, providing a new window into DNA's structure and dynamics

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A new imaging technique allows researchers to image both the position and orientation of single fluorescent molecules attached to DNA.

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Three Space Station Crew Members Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan

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Researchers refine method for detecting quantum entanglement

Entanglement in quantum physics is the ability of two or more particles to be related to each other in ways which are beyond what is possible in classical physics.

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NASA Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name

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Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation

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The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers found...

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Detection of Methanol Shows Comets are Forming in Distant Solar System

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Universe's First Life Might Have Been Born on Carbon Planets

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