Sunset in Mordor
A star is born
The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
A new ScienceCast video anticipates the reversal of the sun's global magnetic field.
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Making a Mini Mona Lisa: Nanotechnique creates image 30 microns in width
Gray Scale Mona Lisa
Alternative materials could bring 'plasmonic' technologies
This graphic depicts a device created using "negatively refracting metamaterials" that could bring advances in applications including...
Cobalt Replacements Make Solar Cells More Sustainable
The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) converts light to electricity. A coloured copper complex absorbs light and injects an electron into a...
Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel
Created with the help of supercomputers, this still from a simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy...
Auto lubricant could rev up speed of medical imaging
Shown is an experimental photodetector made out of amorphous silicon and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). The two semiconductors together form...
