Science

NASA Introduces New, Wider Set of Eyes on the Universe

After years of preparatory studies, NASA is formally starting an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe -- the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

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Stretchable nano-devices towards smart contact lenses: Researchers at RMIT University and the University of Adelaide have joined forces to create a stretchable nano-scale device to manipulate light

The device manipulates light to such an extent that it can filter specific colours while still being transparent and could be used in the future to make smart contact lenses.

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Iranian Scientists Build Fuel Cells with Appropriate Performance at High Temperature

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Iranian researchers from Amirkabir University of Technology produced nanocomposite membranes that are able to improve performance of...

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Nanocomposite Sensors Detect Toxic Gases

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CU-Boulder ultrafast microscope used to make slow-motion electron movie

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This is an image captured by CU-Boulder researchers using an ultrafast optical microscope shows clouds of electrons oscillating in gold...

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Light used to measure the 'big stretch' in spider silk proteins

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Graphene becomes superconductive -- Electrons with 'no mass' flow with 'no resistance'

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This is the crystal structure of Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene fabricated on SiC substrate. Insertion of Ca atoms between two graphene...

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Breaking cell barriers with retractable protein nanoneedles: Adapting a bacterial structure, Wyss Institute researchers develop protein actuators that can mechanically puncture cells

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In this time-lapse, retractable protein actuators called "R bodies" - found naturally in certain bacteria - are seen extending from barely-...

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