Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas
This artist's concept illustrates the frenzied activity at the core of our Milky Way galaxy. The galactic center hosts a...
Furnace accelerator startup develops anti-fogging technology
After one hour and 19 minutes, there is no fog on the area of the visor where VitreOx has been applied.
Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique
An illustration of a single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocating through a silicon nitride nanopore.
NASA's Fermi, Swift See 'Shockingly Bright' Burst
The maps in this animation show how the sky looks at gamma-ray energies above 100...
'Going negative' pays for nanotubes: Rice University lab finds possible keys to better nanofibers, films
Crown ether “cages” trap potassium ions but leave nanotubes with a repellant negative charge in solutions that will be valuable for...
How graphene and friends could harness the Sun’s energy
China Receives US$95 Million Grant to End Production of Ozone-Depleting Global-Warming Gases to help Meet its Targets under the Montreal Protocol
China, the world's largest producer of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC), received a US $95 million grant on April 23, 2013 to help reduce its production of HCFCs. These substances, used primarily in refrigeration and air-conditioning and in the...
'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at Saturn
This is an artist's concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from Cassini magnetospheric imaging instrument....
