Science

Banking X-Ray Data for the Future

Archives, in their many forms, save information from October 8 that people will want to access and study in the future. This is a critical function of all archives, but it is especially important when it comes to storing data from today’s modern...

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CubeSat to Demonstrate Miniature Laser Communications in Orbit

NASA and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California, have received confirmation the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft is in orbit and operational. OCSD launched aboard an Atlas V rocket Thursday from...

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Scientists pave way for diamonds to trace early cancers

Their findings, published on October 10 in Nature Communications, reveal how a nanoscale, synthetic version of the precious gem can light up early-stage cancers in non-toxic, non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans.

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NASA Eyes on Earth Aid Response to Carolina Flooding

It was rain that wouldn't quit. A weather system fueled by warm moisture streaming in from the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 3 and 4 relentlessly dumped between 1 and 2 feet (0.3 and 0.6 meters) of rain across most of South Carolina. The result was rivers...

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Team Confirms Ancient Lakes on Mars

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A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the...

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Revisiting the Veil Nebula

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope imaged three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula in 1997. Now, a stunning new set of...

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Brightness-equalized quantum dots improve biological imaging

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Left: Conventional fluorescent materials like quantum dots and dyes have mismatched brightness between different colors. When these...

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A necklace of fractional vortices

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A route to a time-reversal symmetry-broken state for d-wave superconductors is shown to occur via the formation of a necklace of fractional...

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