What Goes Down Must Come Back Up
A new NASA study finds that global sea level, which dipped sharply in 2010-11 due to a strong La Nina event, has...
What Goes Down Must Come Back Up
A new NASA study finds that global sea level, which dipped sharply in 2010-11 due to a strong La Nina event, has...
Direct Imaging of a Super-Jupiter Around a Massive Star
Left (a): A false-color, near-infrared (1.2 - 2.4 microns) image of the Kappa And system. Image processing removed the light from...
Rice unveils super-efficient solar-energy technology
The solar steam device developed at Rice University has an overall energy efficiency of 24 percent, far surpassing that of photovoltaic...
New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body: These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering
When the new shear thinning hydrogel (top) is heated to body temperature, polymer chains join together to form a reinforcing network that...
NASA’s Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars
NASA's Kepler Wraps Prime Mission, Begins Extension
Artist's concept of Kepler in the distant solar system. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Important progress for spintronics: A spin amplifier to be used in room temperature
A schematic picture of the defect-engineered spin amplifier demonstrated in this work. The wave pattern symbolizes the time variation of the...
