Science

Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny ways

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This is an artist's impression of a comparison between a magnetic mirror with cube-shaped resonators (left) and a standard metallic mirror...

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission

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This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a staggering...

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Construction Secrets of a Galactic Metropolis

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Astronomers have used the APEX telescope to probe a huge galaxy cluster that is forming in the early Universe and revealed that...

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Study reveals optimal particle size for anticancer nanomedicines

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The nanomedicine (red) with the optimal size shows the highest tumor tissue (blue) retention integrated over time, which is the collective...

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Scientists Map Key Moment in Assembly of DNA-Splitting Molecular Machine: Crucial steps and surprising structures revealed in the genesis of the enzyme that divides the DNA double helix during cell replication

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Averaged electron microscope images of two intermediate helicase structures. The top shows an ORC binding the two ring structures together...

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Bio-inspired 'nano-cocoons' offer targeted drug delivery against cancer cells

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This image illustrates how the nano-cocoon system works.

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Unique catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells synthesized in ordinary kitchen microwave oven

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A schematic model of the unique morphology of the alloy. The Pd-islands (light-brown spheres) are embedded in an environment of tungsten (...

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NASA Mission Finds Widespread Evidence of Young Lunar Volcanism

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The feature called Maskelyne is one of many newly discovered young volcanic deposits on the Moon. Called irregular mare patches,...

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