Science

NASA Spacecraft Observes Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars

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This pair of images covers one of the hundreds of sites on Mars where researchers have repeatedly used the High...

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Even geckos can lose their grip

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Thin film in contact with an uneven surface

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'Nano-pixels' promise thin, flexible, high resolution displays

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Oxford University technology can draw images 70 micrometers across, each image is smaller than the width of a human hair. The researchers...

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NASA MESSENGER and STEREO Measurements Open New Window Into High- Energy Processes on the Sun

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A solar flare erupted on the far side of the sun on June 4, 2011, and sent solar neutrons out...

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VLT Clears Up Dusty Mystery

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A group of astronomers has been able to follow stardust being made in real time — during the aftermath of a supernova explosion....

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Using Sand to Improve Battery Performance: Researchers develop low cost, environmentally friendly way to produce sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times

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Schematic showing how sand is turned into pure nano-silicon.

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New Discovery in Living Cell Signaling

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This gif of membrane-anchored Ras (red) and SOS molecules (green) shows individual...

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With 'ribbons' of graphene, width matters: A narrow enough ribbon will transform a high-performance conductor into a semiconductor

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Yaoyi Li (foreground) and Mingxing Chen, UWM physics postdoctoral researchers, display an image of a ribbon of graphene 1 nanometer wide....

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