Science

Laser makes microscopes way cooler: Cooling a nanowire probe with a laser could lead to substantial improvements in the sensitivity of atomic force probe microscopes

Ph.D. students Giovanni Guccione (left) and Harry Slatyer examine their gold coated nanowire probe in the Quantum Optics Laboratory at the...

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Curiosity Mars Rover Prepares for Fourth Rock Drilling

In this image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover looking up the ramp at the northeastern end of "Hidden Valley," a pale...

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As Seen by Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations

Image of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus.

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China To Industrialize Moon; Realize Promise of Thermonuclear Fusion

While the economy of the United States stands at the verge of collapse, hobbling along under the dead weight of the London-Wall Street money system, China is on a trajectory upward, propelled by its orientation toward an "American System"-style,...

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Scientists use lasers to control mouse brain switchboard

Scientists used mice to study how nerve cells in thalamic reticular nucleus work during sleep and how they help the brain...