Science

EU successfully launches two Galileo satellites

Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, has just placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. We have received signals proving that they...

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A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state

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This is an artist's impression of a beam of entangled photons.

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Nanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures

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This schematic shows the synthesis of organic-inorganic shish kebab-like nanohybrids composed of periodic nanodisk-like kebabs.

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It's 'Full Spin Ahead' for NASA Soil Moisture Mapper

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SMAP will produce global maps of soil moisture, which will help improve our understanding of Earth's water and carbon...

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Novel nanoparticle therapy promotes wound healing

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Imaging of burns indicates that those treated with the FL2 inhibitor nanotechnology experienced collagen deposition and hair follicle...

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Scars on Mars from 2012 Rover Landing Fade -- Usually

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This sequence of images shows a blast zone where the sky crane from NASA's Curiosity rover mission hit the ground after setting...

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Year in Space Starts for One American and One Russian

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The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is seen as it launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 43's NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly...

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Chemists make new silicon-based nanomaterials

"Silicon-based compounds are the backbone of modern electronics processing," said Kristie Koski, assistant professor of chemistry at Brown, who led the work. "Silicon telluride is in that family of compounds, and we've shown a totally new method for...

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