Science

EU, Israel sign Horizon 2020 association agreement

European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu witnessed the signature of Israel's association to Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation programme. Horizon 2020 offers a huge opportunity to...

Evolution of a Bimetallic Nanocatalyst

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TEM image of platinum/cobalt bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst in action shows that during the oxidation reaction, cobalt atoms migrate to...

Asteroid Discovered by NASA to Pass Earth Safely

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This diagram shows the orbit of asteroid 2014 HQ124, and its location relative to...

Opening a wide window on the nano-world of surface catalysis

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A surface catalyst with a built-in sensor: that's what chemist Hui Wang and co-workers built by bridging a size gap on the nano-scale....

"Neapolitan" Exoplanets Come in Three Flavors

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Harsh Space Weather May Doom Potential Life on Red-Dwarf Planets

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Because You Can't Eat Just One: Star Will Swallow Two Planets

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'Quadrapeutics' works in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumors: Animal tests show Rice-developed technology effective against aggressive cancer

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The first preclinical study of the anti-cancer technology "quadrapeutics" found it to be 17 times more efficient than conventional...