Science

Iran University of Science, Technology Produces Ceramic Nanomembrane

49556.jpg

Full Story »
Scientists use nanoparticles to control growth of materials: UCLA-led team creates 'diet control' technique that could have broad applications in manufacturing and medicine

49528.jpg
An aluminum-bismuth alloy without the introduction of nanoparticles (left, at 500 microns), and after nanoparticles were introduced before...

Full Story »
Improved Supercapacitors for Super Batteries, Electric Vehicles: Researchers develop novel supercapacitor architecture that provides two times more energy and power compared to supercapacitors commercially available today

49527.jpg
(a) Schematic illustration of the preparation process of RGM nanostructure foam. SEM images of (b–c) as-grown GM foam (d) Lightly loaded...

Full Story »
Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander

pia17358-640_0.jpg
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior...

Full Story »
Fast and curious: Electrons hurtle into the interior of a new class of quantum materials

49518.jpg
Scientists at Princeton University have shown that negatively charged particles known as electrons can flow extremely rapidly due to...

Full Story »
Kourou: Europe's gateway to the galaxy

Perched between Brazil and Suriname lies French Guiana, Europe’s gateway to the galaxy. It might boast a majestic rainforest, but as a French territory it is still part of the European Union and even uses the euro as its currency.

Full Story »
Tricking the Uncertainty Principle: Researchers at Caltech find a way to sidestep the quantum "noise" that limits the precision of ultrasensitive position measurements

49517.png
The tiny aluminum device—only 40 microns long and 100 nanometers thick—in which Caltech researchers observed the quantum noise from...

Full Story »
The shrinking of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

heic1410a_0.jpg
Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling storm feature larger than Earth — is shrinking. This downsizing, which is...

Full Story »