Science

First 3-D observation of nanomachines working inside cells: Researchers headed by IRB Barcelona combine genetic engineering, super-resolution microscopy and biocomputation to allow them to see in 3-D the protein machinery inside living cells

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On the left, in vivo image of nanomachines using current microscopy techniques; on the right, the new method allows 3D observation of...

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A New Test for Life on Other Planets

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Mono Lake, California, with salt pillars known as "tufas" visible. JPL scientists tested new methods for...

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Storms Filled 37 Percent of CA Snow-Water Deficit

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January storms in the Sierra Nevadas reduced California's deficit in stored snow water by about 37 percent.

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Traffic jam in empty space: New success for Konstanz physicists in studying the quantum vacuum

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Schematic sketch of the spatio-temporal deviations from the level of bare vacuum fluctuations of the electric field which are generated by...

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Astronomers Discover Powerful Cosmic Double Whammy

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NUS researchers achieve major breakthrough in flexible electronics: New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials make better electrodes for plastic electronics and advanced semiconductor devices

To make high-performance devices however, good ohmic contacts with low electrical resistances are required to allow the maximum current to flow both ways between the electrode and the semiconductor layers. Recently, a team of scientists from the...

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Farthest Stars in Milky Way Might Be Ripped from Another Galaxy

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Our Galaxy's Black Hole is Spewing Out Planet-size "Spitballs"

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