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Galaxy-sized peanuts? Astronomers use new imaging software to detect double ‘peanut shell’ galaxy

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The large (peanut shell)-shaped bulge at the centre of the disc galaxy NGC 128.

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Two thirds of large UK businesses hit by cyber breach or attack in past year

Britain’s businesses are being urged to better protect themselves from cyber criminals following government research

Britain’s businesses are being urged to better protect themselves from cyber criminals after government research into cyber security found two thirds of large businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack in the past year.

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Witness Juno's Arrival at Jupiter Live from JPL

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The gravitational pull of Saturn changes the amount of particles spraying from the south pole of Saturn's active moon Enceladus at different points in its orbit. More particles make the plume appear much brighter in the infrared image at left.

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NRL Engineers to Lead Payload Development for Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers in the Space Robotics Laboratory (SRL) demonstrate end-to-end robotic servicing rehearsals of the Front-end Robotics Enabling Near-term Demonstration (FREND) robotic arm using a remote ground station and operator to simulate on-orbit robotics.

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Molybdenum disulfide holds promise for light absorption: Rice researchers probe light-capturing properties of atomically thin MoS2

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Using a layer of molybdenum disulfide less than one nanometer thick, researchers in Rice University's Thomann lab were able to design a system that absorbed more than 35 percent of incident light in the 400- to 700-nanometer wavelength range.

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Unique nano-capsules promise the targeted drug delivery: Russian scientists created unique nano-capsules for the targeted drug delivery

By now, the research is quite fundamental. However, one of the authors, Igor Potemkin (Professor of the Chair of Polymer and Crystal Physics, Physics Department, the Lomonosov Moscow State University) argues that the creation of the perfect nano-capsules for targeted drug delivery would be possible on the basis of the reported system in the nearest years, and the production will be relatively cheap.

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A method of manufacturing of containers and their nano-structure depending on the temperature.

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Planet Nine: A World That Shouldn't Exist

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Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops

Scientists are working diligently to prepare for the expected increase in global population -- and therefore an increased need for food production-- in the coming decades. A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis has found a sustainable way to boost the growth of a protein-rich bean by improving the way it absorbs much-needed nutrients.

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis hope that nanoparticle technology can help reduce the need for fertilizer, creating a more sustainable way to grow crops such as mung beans.

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U.S. Army Researchers Explore Future Rotorcraft Technologies

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Artist’s conception of a future vertical lift aircraft concept.

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Nanoparticles hold promise as double-edged sword against genital herpes

An effective vaccine against the virus that causes genital herpes has evaded researchers for decades. But now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago working with scientists from Germany have shown that zinc-oxide nanoparticles shaped like jacks can prevent the virus from entering cells, and help natural immunity to develop.

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Zinc oxide tetrapod nanoparticles are shown.