Science

What ultra-tiny nanocircuits can do

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False-color scanning electron microscopy image of a programmable...

Apple iPad 2: 10 Reasons It Should Launch Sooner Rather Than Later

Reports are swirling around that Apple has finally sent its iPad 2 to production. Assuming that’s true, it’s quite possible that the company will make its announcement of the iPad 2 in the near future, and then sell it to consumers around the world...

Nanogenerators to Enable Battery-Free Handhelds

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Northwestern University researchers fabricated a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) to test their piezoelectric...

Now in 3D: Copy and Paste!

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The boy and other elements were copied and pasted from a different image using new stereoscopic editing technology

NASA Hosting Events for Valentine's Night Comet Encounter

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Artist rendering of Stardust-NExT spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Proposed Mission to Jupiter System Achieves Milestone

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This artist’s concept shows NASA's Jupiter Europa Orbiter which will carry a complement of 11...

Northern Mars Landscape Actively Changing

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Three images of the same location taken at different times on Mars show seasonal activity causing sand avalanches and ripple changes on a...

It’s the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ model

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A student in the new Microfluidics Lab peels back the polymer, showing engraved channels from an ink-transparency template...