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'Diving Board' Sensors Key to DNA Detection
July 27, 2012 — A tiny vibrating cantilever sensor could soon help doctors and field clinicians quickly detect harmful toxins, bacteria and even indicators of certain types of cancer from small samples of blood or ... > full story -
Progress in Search for Neutrino-Less Double-Beta Decay of Xenon-136
July 19, 2012 — Physicists recently reported results of an experiment conducted in a salt mine one-half mile under Carlsbad, N.M., part of a decades-long search for evidence of the elusive neutrino-less double-beta ... > full story -
First Photo of Shadow of Single Atom
July 3, 2012 — Scientists have captured the first image of the shadow of a single atom. They trapped single atomic ions of the element ytterbium and exposed them to a specific frequency of light. Under this light ... > full story -
Bugs Inspire Better X-Rays: Nanostructures Modeled Like Moth Eyes May Boost Medical Imaging
July 3, 2012 — Using the compound eyes of the humble moth as their inspiration, physicists have developed new nanoscale materials that could someday reduce the radiation dosages received by patients getting ... > full story -
NuSTAR Space Telescope Opens Its X-Ray Eyes
June 28, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe. The observatory, launched June 13, is the first space telescope ... > full story -
Understanding What's Up With the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider
June 28, 2012 — CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, will hold a seminar early in the morning on July 4 to announce the latest results from ATLAS and CMS, two ... > full storyMore: -
A SMART(er) Way to Track Influenza
June 11, 2012 — Researchers have created a reliable and fast flu-detection test that can be carried in a first-aid kit. The novel prototype device isolates influenza RNA using a combination of magnetics and ... > full story -
Faster, More Sensitive Photodetector Created by Tricking Graphene
June 5, 2012 — Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector of infrared light that can be used in applications ranging from detection of chemical and biochemical weapons from a distance and better airport ... > full story -
Northern Lights Process Like Untangling Twisted Strands of Spaghetti?
June 1, 2012 — Scientists have reached a milestone in describing how the northern lights work by way of a process called "magnetic reconnection." The process is best imagined as untangling twisted strands of ... > full story -
X-Ray Laser Probes Biomolecules to Individual Atoms
May 31, 2012 — Scientists have demonstrated how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues ... > full storyMore:
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