Science

A New View of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

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This image is composed of data from the INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey (IPHAS), including narrow-band H-Alpha (red...

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Spiral Beauty Graced by Fading Supernova

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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...

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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...

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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).

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'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...

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