A mathematical equation that explains the behavior of nanofoams
Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets

This animation shows the prototype starshade, a giant structure designed to block the glare of stars so...
Amazon Inhales More Carbon than It Emits, NASA Finds

Old-growth Amazon tree canopy in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil. A new NASA study shows that the living trees...
NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

A new interactive mosaic from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the north pole of the moon from 60...
NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars

This pair of before (left) and after (right) images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera...
NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

This Seasat synthetic aperture radar image from Aug. 27, 1978, shows the Massachusetts coast from Nantucket Island in the...
Bright Future for Protein Nanoprobes: Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover New Rules for Single-Particle Imaging with Light-Emitting Nanocrystals

Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry created upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) from nanocrystals of sodium yttrium fluoride (...
Antimony nanocrystals for batteries

TEM image (false coloured) of monodisperse antimony nanocrystals.