Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover
This is a reduced version of panorama from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with 1.3 billion pixels in the full-resolution...
Polymer-coated catalyst protects "artificial leaf"
This complex solar cell is coated with two different catalysts and works like an "artificial leaf",...
The Turbulent, High-Energy Sky Is Keeping NuSTAR Busy
Artist's concept of NuSTAR in orbit. NuSTAR has a 33-foot (10-meter) mast that deploys after launch to separate the...
Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates: Rice scientists apply drug-design lessons to production of industrial minerals
Rice University scientists have created a computational procedure to identify small organic molecules (purple) that can be used to guide...
Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction
Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics
Pressure-induced transitions are associated with near 2-fold volume expansions. While an increase in volume with pressure is...
Nanoparticle Opens the Door to Clean-Energy Alternatives
A transmission-electron microscope image of a collection of quasi-spherical nickel phosphide nanoparticles. A team led by Raymond Schaak of...
NASA's 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust
A well-defined plume of dust swept across the entire Atlantic...
