Science

NASA Mission Points to Origin of “Ocean of Storms” on Earth’s Moon

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Earth's moon as observed in visible light (left), topography (center, where red is high and blue is low), and the GRAIL gravity...

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Blades of grass inspire advance in organic solar cells

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Vertical nanopillars are ideal geometries for getting around the challenges of producing polymer architecture to boost power-conversion...

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Nanoparticles give up forensic secrets

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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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