Science

Mysteries of ‘Molecular Machines’ Revealed: Phenix software uses X-ray diffraction spots to produce 3-D image

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A picture of a membrane protein called cysZ determined with Phenix software using data that could not previously be analyzed.

Enzyme Biosensor Used for Rapid Measurement of Drug

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Kepler Proves It Can Still Find Planets

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Atom-thick CCD could capture images: Rice University scientists develop two-dimensional, light-sensitive material

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Rice University researchers fabricated a three-pixel, CIS-based optoelectronic sensor array to test the two-dimensional compound's ability...

Creation of 'Rocker' protein opens way for new smart molecules in medicine, other fields

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Rocker (blue ribbons and yellow sticks) is an artificially designed protein that transports zinc ions (green) across biological...

Horsehead of a Different Color

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The famous Horsehead nebula of visible-light images (inset) looks quite different when viewed in infrared light, as seen in...

NASA’s Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission

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The artistic concept shows NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in a new mission profile called K2. Using publicly...

Instant-start computers possible with new breakthrough

A team at Cornell University led by postdoctoral associate John Heron, who works jointly with Darrell Schlom, professor of Industrial Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Dan Ralph, professor of Physics in the College...