Science

Martian Crater May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake

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This view of layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater shows sedimentary rocks that contain spectroscopic...

Black silicon can take efficiency of solar cells to new levels

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SEM image of the Al2O3 coated CZ Si surface with b-Si where a thin Al2O3 layer can be seen on top of the nanostructure.

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Show Higher Performance with Bi-Layer Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures

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Titan Gets a Dune 'Makeover'

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This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively "fresh" crater called...

Study Finds Severe Climate Jeopardizing Amazon Forest

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At left, the extent of the 2005 megadrought in the western Amazon rainforests during the summer months...

A nano-gear in a nano-motor inside you: A molecular mechanism for generation of large force inside cells

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A phagosome transported inside a living cell by molecular motors is held by a laser trap. This allows measurement of the picoNewton...

Soft Lego built in the computer

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Simulation snapshot of a diamond crystal built of soft patchy diblock star polymers

NASA Ozone Study May Benefit Air Standards, Climate

A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters.