Iranian Scientists Produce Dynamometer for Nanoparticles, Biocells
The use of optical tweezers in order to measure the force in objects at nanometirc scale can be an interesting idea for the researchers in all fields, including biosciences. The use of the optical tweezers requires a comprehensive and exact...
U.S. Berkeley Lab Team Uncovers Secrets of Biological Soil Crusts
They lie dormant for years, but at the first sign of favorable conditions they awaken. This sounds like the tagline for a science fiction movie, but it describes the amazing life-cycles of microbial organisms that form the biological soil crusts (BSCs...
NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed
Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the...
Europe’s largest spaceship reaches its orbital port
Warm Ocean Causing Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Mass Loss
This photo shows the ice front of Venable Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, in October 2008. It is an example of a small-...
Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
This graphic depicts the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the...
M31: Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door
- Twenty-six black hole candidates have been identified in Andromeda, aka M31, adding to 9 previously found.
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New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy
Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique...
