Science

Newly Discovered Twin Planets Could Solve Puffy Planet Mystery

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Upper left: Schematic of the K2-132 system on the main sequence. Lower left: Schematic of the K2-...

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Graphene oxide making any material suitable to create biosensors: Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a new tool for biomedical research focused on single-cell investigation

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Single cell immobilization on GO modified substrates.

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A material with promising properties: Konstanz scientist synthesizes an important ferromagnetic semiconductor

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icture of a hybrid particle taken by a transmission electron microscope. Pictured are the inorganic (dark) and organic (light) lamellas...

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Tiny robots step closer to treating hard-to-reach parts of the body

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Spirulina algae coated with magnetic particles to form a microrobot. Devices such as these could be developed to diagnose and treat illness...

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Cassini Image Mosaic: A Farewell to Saturn

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After more than 13 years at Saturn, and with its fate sealed, NASA's Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian...

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ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before

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For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space....

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Math gets real in strong, lightweight structures: Rice University researchers use 3-D printers to turn century-old theory into complex schwarzites

The porous structures called schwarzites are designed with computer algorithms, but Rice researchers found they could send data from the programs to printers and make macroscale, polymer models for testing. Their samples strive to use as little...

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NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian Moons

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Artist’s concept of Japan’s Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, carrying a NASA instrument to study the...

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