NASA to Provide Commentary as Grail Moon Mission Ends

This still image and animation shows the final flight path for NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (...
Rocket Burn Sets Stage for Dynamic Moon Duos' Lunar Impact

An artist's depiction of the GRAIL twins (Ebb and Flow) in lunar orbit. During GRAIL's prime mission science phase, the...
Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions: Deep-sea microbes that thrive in high temperatures are key to light-activated catalysis

Chemical processes can be activated by light without the need for bulk heating of a material through a process developed by researchers at...
Nanocrystals Not Small Enough to Avoid Defects: Berkeley Lab Scientists at Advanced Light Source Show Dislocations Can Be Induced by Pressure in Ultrafine Nanocrystals

Stress-induced deformation of nanocrystalline nickel reflects the dislocation activity observed by researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced...
Twin NASA Probes Prepare for Dec. 17 Mission-Ending Moon Impact
Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography

On the 84th and 85th Martian days of the NASA Mars rover Curiosity's mission on Mars (Oct. 31...
Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 120th Martian day to record this view of...
Imec Shows Path Toward Non-Si Devices at IEDM 2012

Comparison of mobility in unstrained and strained Si and Ge p-FinFETs. Unstrained Ge shows degraded mobility w.r.t. strained Si. Strained...