Plastic nanoparticles also harm freshwater organisms
Plastic in the oceans (plastic soup) has been thought to seriously affect aquatic life for some time, but until now little research has been carried out into the levels and effects of plastics in the freshwater environment. ‘The main sources of...
Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean
A new study focused on the interior of Saturn's icy moon Mimas suggests its cratered surface hides one of two intriguing possibilities: Either the moon's frozen core is shaped something like a football, or the satellite contains a liquid water ocean...
Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny ways
This is an artist's impression of a comparison between a magnetic mirror with cube-shaped resonators (left) and a standard metallic mirror...
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission
This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a staggering...
Construction Secrets of a Galactic Metropolis
Astronomers have used the APEX telescope to probe a huge galaxy cluster that is forming in the early Universe and revealed that...
Study reveals optimal particle size for anticancer nanomedicines
The nanomedicine (red) with the optimal size shows the highest tumor tissue (blue) retention integrated over time, which is the collective...
Scientists Map Key Moment in Assembly of DNA-Splitting Molecular Machine: Crucial steps and surprising structures revealed in the genesis of the enzyme that divides the DNA double helix during cell replication
Averaged electron microscope images of two intermediate helicase structures. The top shows an ORC binding the two ring structures together...
Bio-inspired 'nano-cocoons' offer targeted drug delivery against cancer cells
This image illustrates how the nano-cocoon system works.
