NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science
This artist's impression shows the Rosetta orbiter at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image is not to scale.
Iranian Scientists Study Photocatalytic Performance of Various Zinc Oxide Nanostructures
Stem cells are a soft touch for nano-engineered biomaterials
This photo shows cells adhering to large nanopatterns. The green dots indicate the sites of adhesions, and the red area shows where...
Shatterproof screens that save smartphones
A transparent layer of electrodes on a polymer surface could be extraordinarily tough and flexible, providing for a shatterproof smartphone...
Targeting tumors using silver nanoparticles: A new platform developed at UCSB increases the efficiency of drug delivery and allows excess particles to be washed away
Prostate cancer cells were targeted by two separate silver nanoparticles (red and green), while the cell nucleus was labeled in blueusing...
EU, Israel sign Horizon 2020 association agreement
European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu witnessed the signature of Israel's association to Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation programme. Horizon 2020 offers a huge opportunity to...
Evolution of a Bimetallic Nanocatalyst
TEM image of platinum/cobalt bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst in action shows that during the oxidation reaction, cobalt atoms migrate to...
Asteroid Discovered by NASA to Pass Earth Safely
This diagram shows the orbit of asteroid 2014 HQ124, and its location relative to...
