Science

Discovery of first motor with revolution motion in a virus-killing bacteria advances nanotechnology

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Scientists have cracked a 35-year-old mystery about the workings of the natural motors that are models for development of a futuristic...

Thin films of nickel and iron oxides yield efficient solar water-splitting catalyst: Basic University of Oregon research shows promise in efforts to get hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water

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Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All

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NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory

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Colorized image of NIST micro-drum and circuit on a sapphire backing. JILA researchers demonstrated that the drum might be used as a memory...

Smallest Vibration Sensor in the Quantum World

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The spin of a molecule (orange) changes and deforms the nanotube (black) mounted between two electrodes (gold).

'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter

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The dark hot spot in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere...

Pluto May Have 10 Undiscovered Moons

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This image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows five moons orbiting the distant, icy...

Surprising Control over Photoelectrons from a Topological Insulator: Berkeley Lab scientists discover how a photon beam can flip the spin polarization of electrons emitted from an exciting new material

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The interior bulk of a topological insulator is indeed an insulator, but electrons (spheres) move swiftly on the surface as if through a...