Science

Quantum reality more complex than previously thought

48417.jpg
Even an individual photon can travel along both arms of the interferometer at the same time. When it is unknown which path it is travelling...

Full Story »
Super-thin membranes clear the way for chip-sized pumps

48418.jpg
A microfluidic bioreactors consists of two chambers separated by a nanoporous silicon membrane. It allows for flow-based assays using...

Full Story »
Scientists' new approach improves efficiency of solar cells

48401.jpg
A quasi-random structure to maximise performance of a thin film silicon solar cell.

Full Story »
Earth from Space: Lands of change

Lakes_and_mountains_of_western_Uganda_large_0.jpg
Lakes and mountains of western Uganda are captured in this...

Full Story »
NASA's Great Observatories Begin Deepest Ever Probe of the Universe

p1344aw_0.jpg
These (image above) are NASA Hubble Space Telescope natural-color images of four target galaxy clusters that are part of an...

Full Story »
ZEISS Microscopes used to create images for Art Exhibit at Midway Airport: Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology

48389.jpg

Full Story »
Nanoscale Engineering Boosts Performance of Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diodes: Making the light at the end of the tunnel more efficient

48397.jpg
The quantum dot device structure shown with a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of a cross-section of a real device.

Full Story »
Cassini Gets New Views of Titan's Land of Lakes

pia17470-440x330.jpg
This false-color mosaic, made from infrared data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, reveals the differences in...

Full Story »