Science

JPL to Host 'NASA Social' Highlighting Comets

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Artist's concept of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring. On Oct. 19, the comet will have a very close pass at Mars,...

Cool Calculations for Cold Atoms: New theory of universal three-body encounters

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Three panels illustrate the condition of Efimov states (3-atom stable states). The upper, bell-shaped surface represents the probability...

Secure Computing for the ‘Everyman': Quantum computing goes to market in tech transfer agreement with Allied Minds

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This small device developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory uses the truly random spin of light particles as defined by laws of quantum...

NASA Probes Studying Earth’s Radiation Belts to Celebrate Two Year Anniversary

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This image was created using data from the Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescopes on NASA's twin Van Allen Probes. It shows the...

Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover

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NASA's Mars rover Opportunity captured this view southward just after completing a 338-foot (103-meter) southward...

Cosplayers Fight for Online Anonymity and Privacy During Dragon Con

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Nanoscale assembly line

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On the nano assembly line, tiny biological tubes called microtubules serve as transporters for the assembly of several molecular objects....

New analytical technology reveals 'nanomechanical' surface traits

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A new research platform uses a laser to measure the "nanomechanical" properties of tiny structures undergoing stress and heating, an...