Science

Scientist Studies How to Turn Cancer Drugs Into Their Own Delivery Systems:Key is incorporating water properties into effective nanoscale systems

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(Left) Schematic illustration of the design concept for self-assembling drug amphiphiles. The drug loading within the self-assembled...

Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

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This is a Hubble Space Telescope view of supernova SN UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson that exploded...

Dwarf planet sized up accurately as it blocks light of faint star

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Hubble Sees J 900 Masquerading as a Double Star

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Manchester leads the way in graphene membrane research

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Artistic view:Water easily evaporates through graphene oxide membranes but they represent an impermeable barrier for other molecules.

ORNL microscopy uncovers "dancing" silicon atoms in graphene

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers used electron microscopy to document the 'dancing' motions of silicon atoms, pictured in white,...

Shining light on elusive dark matter

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Space Station after AMS-02 installation.

Cartilage damaged from exercise may aid in early osteoarthritis detection

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These are images of (a) normal human joint cartilage, and (e) cartilage with very early matrix GAG loss. (b)...