Making dreams come true: Making graphene from plastic?

How to manufacture transparent and conductive carbon nanosheet using PIM-1 polymer solution: (a) Quart substrate is being coated with PIM-1...
New Model Presented to Study Postbuckling Behavior of Nano/Microbeams
3D Map Shows Dusty Structure of the Milky Way

From top to bottom: Extinction map at 3, 2 and 1 kiloparsec. The map is coloured according to how much dust lies in each...
Comet Pan-STARRS Marches Across the Sky

NASA's NEOWISE mission captured a series of infrared images of comet C/2012 K1 -- also referred to as comet Pan-STARRS...
OCO-2 Takes the A-Train to Study Earth's Atmosphere

OCO-2 will become the leader of the Afternoon Constellation, or A-Train, as shown in this artist's concept. Japan's...
A Stellar Womb Shaped and Destroyed by its Ungrateful Offspring

The little-known cloud of cosmic gas and dust called Gum 15 is the birthplace and home of hot young stars. Beautiful and deadly,...
Black Hole Fireworks in Nearby Galaxy

A galaxy about 23 million light-years away is the site of impressive, ongoing, fireworks. Rather than paper, powder, and...
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Lifts Off

The test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator rides on a balloon to high altitudes above Hawaii...