DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores
A preference for diving head first When a DNA strand is captured and pulled through a nanopore, it’s much more likely to start the journey...
Cassini Suggests Icing on a Lake
This artist's concept envisions what hydrocarbon ice forming on a liquid hydrocarbon sea of Saturn's moon Titan might...
NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use of its Brush
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by...
Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'
The sinuous rock feature in the lower center of this mosaic of images recorded by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is...
How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate
Dynamic computer simulations of molecular systems depend on finite time steps, but these introduce apparent extra...
Billions and Billions of Planets
An assortment of planets beyond our solar system is depicted in this artist's concept.
The guide to biomolecular movie-making
Scanning electron microscope images show two different designs of cantilever tip used by Ando and co-workers for high-speed atomic force...
ALMA Sheds Light on Planet-Forming Gas Streams
