Shot Away from its Companion, Giant Star Makes Waves
The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from...
Stars Reveal the Secrets of Looking Young
Novel Nanoparticles for Easier Biomarker Detection
These nanoparticles created by MIT engineers can act as synthetic biomarkers for disease. The particles (brown) are coated with peptides (...
Synthetic and biological nanoparticles combined to produce new metamaterials
Two different protein cages, cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (blue) and Pyrococcus furiosus ferritin (red), can be used to guide the assembly...
NASA to Provide Commentary as Grail Moon Mission Ends
This still image and animation shows the final flight path for NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior...
Dreidel-like dislocations lead to remarkable properties: Rice University theory predicts formation of conductive sub-nano ‘wires’ in two-dimensional materials
Animated illustration show the precise arrangement of atoms in dislocations in two-dimensional molybdenum/sulfur. Dislocations happen when...
