Science

Prototype 'nanoneedles' generate new blood vessels in mice: Scientists have developed tiny 'nanoneedles' that have successfully prompted parts of the body to generate new blood vessels, in a trial in mice

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The image shows a single human cell (brown) on a bed of nanoneedles (blue).

Rover Amnesia Event Follows Latest Memory Reformatting

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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has extended its robotic arm for studying a light-toned rock target called "...

Saturn Spacecraft Returns to the Realm of Icy Moons

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After a couple of years in high-inclination orbits that limited its ability to encounter Saturn's moons

EU successfully launches two Galileo satellites

Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, has just placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. We have received signals proving that they...

A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state

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This is an artist's impression of a beam of entangled photons.

Nanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures

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This schematic shows the synthesis of organic-inorganic shish kebab-like nanohybrids composed of periodic nanodisk-like kebabs.

It's 'Full Spin Ahead' for NASA Soil Moisture Mapper

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SMAP will produce global maps of soil moisture, which will help improve our understanding of Earth's water and carbon...

Novel nanoparticle therapy promotes wound healing

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Imaging of burns indicates that those treated with the FL2 inhibitor nanotechnology experienced collagen deposition and hair follicle...