Science

NASA's WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust

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It's a dust bunny of cosmic proportions. Astronomers used images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or...

Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta

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Aquilia Area in Color
These composite images from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft show three...

Cassini Investigates Titan's Chemical Factory

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Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two...

Cassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring

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Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of...

FBI warns web users about losing Internet access following hackers' advertising scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that thousands of web users worldwide could lose Internet access after a hackers 'adverting scam infected computers.

First Atomic-Scale Real-Time Movies of Platinum Nanocrystal Growth in Liquids: Berkeley Scientists Create Graphene Liquid Cells for Electron Microscopy Studies of Nanocrystal Formation

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In the graphene liquid cell, opposing graphene sheets form a sealed liquid nanoscale reaction chamber that is transparent to an electron...

DNA origami puts a smart lid on solid-state nanopore sensors: 2 TUM advances combine for new capabilities in single-molecule sensing

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This illustration shows how a DNA origami nanoplate with a central aperture can serve as a smart lid or "gatekeeper" for a solid-state...

New scanner in Europe airports to be installed owing to security concerns

Britain's Department for Transport is likely to approve installation of a new generation of airport scanners, which would lift the ban on carrying liquids by passengers.