Science

Miracle cure made from plants: Nanocellulose sponges to combat oil pollution

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Demonstration of the oleophilic and at the same time hydrophobic properties of a silylated nanocellulose sponge: A droplet of water (blue)...

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Two-lock box delivers cancer therapy: Rice University researchers find new possibilities for benign, ‘tunable’ virus

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An adeno-associated virus capsid (blue) modified by peptides (red) inserted to lock the virus is the result of research at Rice University...

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Sandstone Slab on Mars

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This May 5, 2014, image from the Navigation Camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows two holes at top center drilled...

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IMF’s West AFRITAC Steering Committee Significant Reforms Achieved in West Africa with the Support of the Center

The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Regional Technical Assistance Center for West Africa (West AFRITAC) welcomed the progress made by the Center and endorsed the work program for 2014-15. The Center increased its technical...

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Antimicrobial edible films inhibit pathogens in meat

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This image shows ring baloney wrapped in edible, antimicrobial film.

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New rapid synthesis developed for bilayer graphene and high-performance transistors: UCSB researchers demonstrate ultra-fast and deterministic growth of high-quality and large-area bilayer graphene films with controlled stacking order required for low-pow

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This is concept art of a schematic view of an AB-stacked graphene film synthesized by UC Santa Barbara researchers using a stoichiometry...

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Ganymede May Harbor 'Club Sandwich' of Oceans and Ice

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This artist's concept of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, illustrates the "club sandwich"...

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Cassini Spies the Ice-Giant Planet Uranus

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This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft features a blue planet, but unlike the view from July 19, 2013 (PIA17172) that...

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