Science

$18.5 million NSF grant to develop self-monitoring health devices

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A schematic for an unobtrusive, wearable electronic health monitoring system. Penn State is part of a collaborative research effort...

Dawn has Departed the Giant Asteroid Vesta

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This image is from the last sequence of images NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained of the giant asteroid Vesta, looking...

New Method for Rapid Separation of Uranyl Ions from Aqueous Solutions

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The mentioned research group has set its main goal on preparing selective and environmentally friendly adsorbents for fast separation and...

Improvement of Photocatalytic Activity of Zinc Oxide

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The modification was used in order to increase the photocatalytic activity of the nanocatalyst. The catalysts synthesized through this...

NASA's SDO Sees Massive Filament Erupt on Sun

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Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over...

Interfaces provide new control over oxides' electronic properties

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An artist's rendering of a transition metal oxide superlattice, with an actual transmission electron microscopy image superimposed on...

Performance Model of Biomolecules in Magnetic Fields Revealed by Scientists

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Cell stabilization is the physical holding or connection of a cell in a particular place in a way that it can be used repeatedly and...

Peek-a-blue Moon

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Earth and Moon