Science

NASA Invites Social Media Fans to Earth Science Event

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This view of Earth comes from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite.

Invention jet prints nanostructures with self-assembling material

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This atomic force microscope image shows directed self-assembly of a printed line of block copolymer on a template prepared by...

Iranian Scientists Produce New DNA Genosensor

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Take a Virtual Tour of Vesta With New High-Resolution Images

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If you could drive a car around the giant Asteroid Vesta, you would need a road map akin to the atlas of images released...

Japan's New Rocket Lifts Off

Japan has launched a new rocket that it hopes will be a less expensive and more efficient way of sending satellites into space.

Molecules pass through nanotubes at size-dependent speeds

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A diagram of one of the group's experimental setups shows a copper plate that can be heated using a torch underneath it, to study the...

New system uses nanodiamonds to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to brain tumors

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These images show the retention of doxorubicin and ND-DOX in brain tissue, with light microscopic images (upper rows) and fluorescence...

Team Attempts to Restore Communications

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Artist's concept of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.