NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown'
The low ridge that appears as a dark band below the horizon in the center of this scene is a Martian outcrop called "...
'Molecular Velcro' may lead to cost-effective alternatives to natural antibodies: Berkeley Lab researchers take cues from nature in designing a programmable nanomaterial for biosensing
Long organic molecules called peptoids self-assemble into a molecular film on the surface of a water solution. As this film gets folded...
Incurable brain cancer gene is silenced: Gene regulation technology increases survival rates in mice with glioblastoma
Researchers combined gold nanoparticles (in yellow) with small interfering RNAs (in green) to knock down an oncogene that is overexpressed...
Cassini Swings Above Saturn to Compose a Portrait
A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its...
A Ghostly Trio from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
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Quantum reality more complex than previously thought
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...
Super-thin membranes clear the way for chip-sized pumps
A microfluidic bioreactors consists of two chambers separated by a nanoporous silicon membrane. It allows for flow-based assays using...
Scientists' new approach improves efficiency of solar cells
A quasi-random structure to maximise performance of a thin film silicon solar cell.
