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Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar

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These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17, by coordinating observations...

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E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats

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A wound covered by an electric bandage on a rat's skin (top left) healed faster than a wound under a control bandage (right).

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Mars Express gets festive: A winter wonderland on Mars

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Perspective view of Korolev crater

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Scientists program proteins to pair exactly: Technique paves the way for the creation of protein nanomachines and for the engineering of new cell functions

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Proteins designed in the lab can now zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The technique...

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Lucy Finds Its Place in the Solar System: Navigating NASA’s First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids

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This diagram illustrates Lucy's orbital path. The spacecraft’s path (green) is shown in...

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Scientists use magnetic defects to achieve electromagnetic wave breakthrough

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This shows how a plane electron wave and a magnetic charge interact, forming an electron vortex state that carries orbital angular momentum...

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Mars InSight Lander Seen in First Images from Space

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NASA's InSight spacecraft, its heat shield and its parachute were imaged on Dec. 6 and 11 by the HiRISE camera...

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The feature size and functional range of molecular electronic devices: Monitoring the transition from tunneling leakage current to molecular tunneling

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The tunneling leakage is a major quantum obstacle which hinders further miniaturization of electronic devices. To explore the...

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