
Nanoantennas Improve Infrared Sensing
Engineers have used a
pattern of nanoantennas to
develop a new way of turning
infrared light into
mechanical action, opening
the door to more sensitive
infrared cameras and more
... > full story

World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests
Physicists may have created
the smallest drops of liquid
ever made in the lab. That
possibility has been raised
by the results of a recent e ... > full story

Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation
Johnny Cash may have
preferred this galaxy's
burning ring of fire to the
one he sang about falling
into in his popular song.
... > full story

New Method Proposed for Detecting Gravitational Waves from Ends of Universe
A new window into the nature
of the universe may be
possible with a device
proposed by scientists that
would detect elusive gravity
... > full story
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Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
May 19, 2013 Scientists have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for ... > full story -
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem
May 16, 2013 Researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial ... > full story -
South Africa's New Radio Telescope Reveals Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System
May 16, 2013 An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South ... > full story -
NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation
May 15, 2013 Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space ... > full story -
Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
May 15, 2013 The intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to produce immense power in the form of jets moving at millions of miles per ... > full story -
Significant Improvement in Performance of Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation
May 15, 2013 Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micrometer scale, researchers have shed new ... > full story -
Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon
May 15, 2013 A dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming from grains of cold interstellar ... > full story -
'Owning' a Darker Skin Can Positively Impact Racial Bias, Study Finds
May 14, 2013 Scientists in the UK have found that when white Caucasians are under the illusion that they have a dark skin, their racial bias changes in a positive ... > full story -
Scientists Uncover Fundamental Property of Astatine -- Rarest Naturally Occurring Element on Earth
May 14, 2013 Scientists have carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure of astatine (atomic number 85), the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth. Through experiments ... > full story -
Physicists Light 'Magnetic Fire' to Reveal Energy's Path
May 13, 2013 Physicists have uncovered how energy is released and dispersed in magnetic materials in a process akin to the spread of forest fires, a finding that has the potential to deepen our understanding of ... > full story
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