Science

New Animals on Display at Spitzer's Citizen Science Zoo

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Atoms in a nanocrystal cooperate, much like in biomolecules

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Nanocrystals of cadmium selenide, known for their brilliant luminescence, display intriguing chemical behavior resulting from positive...

Cellulose nanocrystals possible 'green' wonder material

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Clay-Like Minerals Found on Icy Crust of Europa

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This image, using data from NASA's Galileo mission, shows the first detection of clay-like minerals on the surface of...

Research Team Finds Way to Make Solar Cells Thin, Efficient and Flexible

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Nanobotmodels medical animation studio presents education video about prion disease

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NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help

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This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of...

Scientists scale terahertz peaks in nanotubes: Rice U. researchers find plasmonic root of terahertz signals in some carbon nanotubes

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The ability to sort carbon nanotubes by type through a process called “density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGU)” allowed Rice researchers...