Science

Pass the salt: Common condiment could enable new high-tech industry

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Molecules form 2-D patterns never before observed: Nanoscience experiments produce elusive 5-vertex tilings

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The 2-D tessellation pattern known as the "semiregular snub square tiling" stands out clearly in this image, which combines scanning...

Hubble finds source of Magellanic Stream

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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic...

First Hundred Thousand Years of Our Universe

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The microwave sky as seen by Planck. Mottled structure of the CMB, the oldest light in...

Cientifica Releases the Graphene Opportunity Report: New report takes a rational view of graphene and identifies key opportunities

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The Odd Couple

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ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured an intriguing star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of the...

DNA nanorobots find and tag cellular targets

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This graphic shows a molecular robot (automaton) in action. To tag cells (grey circle) that display the Mi, Mj, and Mk receptors, five...

Sunset in Mordor

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A star is born

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