Science

Nanoparticles Accumulate Quickly in Wetland Sediment: Aquatic food chains might be harmed by molecules "piggybacking" on carbon nanoparticles

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Nanotechnology researcher Lee Ferguson stands amid a collection of simulated wetlands called mescosms at Duke University. Each wetland-in-a...

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Platinum meets its match in quantum dots from coal: Rice University's cheap hybrid outperforms rare metal as fuel-cell catalyst

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Rice University scientists combined graphene quantum dots, graphene oxide, nitrogen and boron into a catalyst capable of replacing platinum...

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Ad-REIC vaccine: A magic bullet for cancer treatment

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A "Magic Bullet" for Cancer Gene Therapy

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New Topical Hemostatic Agent: Neutral Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel

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Hemostasis in a rat liver laceration model. Incision was made on the left hepatic lobe. Bleeding decreased immediately following...

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Cold Atom Laboratory Chills Atoms to New Lows

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Artist's concept of an atom chip for use by NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) aboard the International Space...

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Rosetta to Deploy Lander on November 12

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Image depicts the primary landing site on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko chosen for the European Space...

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Production of Anticorrosive Chromate Nanocoatings in Iran

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Rosetta to deploy lander on 12 November

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission will deploy its lander, Philae, to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November.

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