Science

Tiny diamonds to boost treatment of chemoresistant leukemia: Novel discovery by scientists from NUS and UCLA enhances delivery and retention of leukemia drug, paving the way for nanodiamonds to be used for chemotherapeutics

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By binding multiple molecules of Daunorubicin with nanodiamonds, scientists from NUS and UCLA managed to boost the delivery of the drug to...

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Airbrushing Could Facilitate Large-Scale Manufacture of Carbon Nanofibers

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This image illustrates how researchers use an airbrush to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers. Click to enlarge.

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DSCOVR Mission Moves Forward to 2015 Launch

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Solar Flares captured by GOES 15 SXI.

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Comet Found Hiding in Plain Sight

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With the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that what was thought to be a large...

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New center to better understand human intelligence, build smarter machines: NSF awards $25 million to MIT-based center to advance brain understanding

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The hope is that through building intelligent machines, we can better understand ourselves.

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Coldest Brown Dwarfs Blur Lines between Stars and Planets

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NASA Evaluates Four Candidate Sites for 2016 Mars Mission

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The process of selecting a site for NASA's next landing on Mars, planned for September 2016, has narrowed to four...

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Penn develops computer model that will help design flexible touchscreens

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Researchers simulate electrical resistances (lines) to match experimental data (points) and extract the contact resistance.

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