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Spider Electro-Combs Its Sticky Nano-Filaments
Jan. 27, 2015 — A spider commonly found in garden centers in Britain is giving fresh insights into how to spin incredibly long and strong fibers just a few nanometers thick. The majority of spiders spin silk threads ... full story -
Researchers Tune Friction in Ionic Solids at the Nanoscale
Jan. 27, 2015 — New experiments have uncovered a way of controlling friction on ionic surfaces at the nanoscale using electrical stimulation and ambient water ... full story -
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet Ceres
Jan. 27, 2015 — NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Jan. 25, and represent a new ... full story -
Stomach Acid-Powered Micromotors Get Their First Test in a Living Animal
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have shown that a micromotor fueled by stomach acid can take a bubble-powered ride inside a mouse. These tiny motors, each about one-fifth the width of a human hair, may someday offer a ... full story -
New Mechanism Unlocked for Evolution of Green Fluorescent Protein
Jan. 27, 2015 — A primary challenge in the biosciences is to understand the way major evolutionary changes in nature are accomplished. Sometimes the route turns out to be very simple. An example of such simplicity ... full story -
Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Has Moon
Jan. 27, 2015 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, have released the first radar images of asteroid 2004 BL86. The images show the ... full story -
'Yellowballs' Are Part of the Development of Massive Star
Jan. 27, 2015 — Citizen scientists wanted to know: What are the yellow objects on these infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope? Astronomers now report that the "yellowballs" are part of the ... full storyMore: -
New Pathway to Valleytronics: Femtosecond Laser Used to Manipulate Valley Excitons
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have uncovered a promising new pathway to valleytronics, a potential quantum computing technology in which information is coded based on the wavelike motion of electrons moving through ... full story -
Targeted MRI/ultrasound Beats Standard Biopsy to Detect High-Risk Prostate Cancer
Jan. 27, 2015 — Targeted biopsy using new fusion technology that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrasound is more effective than standard biopsy in detecting high-risk prostate cancer, according to ... full story -
Bubbles from the Galactic Center: A Key to Understanding Dark Matter and Our Galaxy's Past?
Jan. 27, 2015 — The astrophysicists who discovered two enormous radiation bubbles in the center of our galaxy discuss what they may tell us about the Milky Way and how they could help in the search for dark ... full story -
Ancient Star System Reveals Earth-Sized Planets Forming Near Start of Universe
Jan. 27, 2015 — A Sun-like star with orbiting planets, dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy, has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. At 11.2 billion years old, it is the oldest star with ... full story -
The Origin of Life: Labyrinths as Crucibles of Life
Jan. 27, 2015 — Water-filled micropores in hot rock may have acted as the nurseries in which life on Earth began. A team has now shown that temperature gradients in pore systems promote the cyclical replication and ... full story -
The Laser Pulse That Gets Shorter All by Itself
Jan. 27, 2015 — A new method of creating ultra short laser pulses has been created: Just by sending a pulse through a cleverly designed fiber, it can be compressed by a factor of ... full story -
Web Surfing to Weigh Up Bariatric Surgery Options
Jan. 27, 2015 — Obese people considering weight-reducing surgery are only topped by pregnant women when it comes to how often they turn to the Internet for health advice. While most use it to read up on relevant ... full story -
Economic Trade-Offs of Owning Versus Leasing a Solar Photovoltaic System
Jan. 27, 2015 — Two new reports examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential solar energy systems. Analysts found that businesses that use low-cost financing to ... full story -
New Search Engine Lets Users Look for Relevant Results Faster
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have developed a new search engine that outperforms current ones, and helps people to do searches more ... full story -
Bad Weather Warnings Most Effective If Probability Included, New Research Suggests
Jan. 27, 2015 — Risk researchers find that the public may respond best to severe weather warnings if they include a probability estimate, an important finding not only for the present but also for the longer-term ... full story -
Carbon Nanoballs Can Greatly Contribute to Sustainable Energy Supply
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers have discovered that the insulation plastic used in high-voltage cables can withstand a 26 per cent higher voltage if nanometer-sized carbon balls are added. This could result in enormous ... full story -
'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
Jan. 27, 2015 — New battery technology should be able to prevent the kind of fires that grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners in 2013. The innovation is an advanced barrier between the electrodes in a lithium-ion ... full story -
Making a Tiny Rainbow: 300 Colors About as Wide as a Human Hair
Jan. 27, 2015 — By varying the size and spacing of aluminum nanodisks, researchers generate images that contain over 300 colors and are not much wider than a human ... full story
- Spider electro-combs its sticky nano-filaments
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures best-ever view of dwarf planet Ceres
- Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
- New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
- Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
- 'Yellowballs' are part of the development of massive star
- New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
- Targeted MRI/ultrasound beats standard biopsy to detect high-risk prostate cancer
- Bubbles from the galactic center: A key to understanding dark matter and our galaxy's past?
- Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- The laser pulse that gets shorter all by itself
- Web surfing to weigh up bariatric surgery options
- Economic trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar photovoltaic system
- New search engine lets users look for relevant results faster
- Bad weather warnings most effective if probability included, new research suggests
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Making a tiny rainbow: 300 colors about as wide as a human hair
- NOAA's DSCOVR going to a 'far out' orbit
- Pilotless aircraft will play critical roles in precision agriculture
- Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity
- Students master math through movement using Kinect for Windows
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genes
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT's longest-serving operational satellite
- Shell growth observed thanks to 'ion sponge'
- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Hilltop panorama marks Mars rover's 11th anniversary
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Chemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously
- Towards a scientific process freed from systemic bias
- How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- A simulation model to find out the effect of electromagnetic waves on the human body is developed
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Majority of primary care physicians find that medical imaging improves patient care
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- Digital storytelling promotes HIV/AIDS education in Africa
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Infrared imaging technique operates at high temperatures
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Cherenkov emissions provide investigators real-time tool for quality assurance in radiation therapy
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- How does the universe creates reason, morality?
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- New breast exam nearly quadruples detection of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue
- Massive chip design savings to be realized
- Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
- Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
- Falls in blood pressure, cholesterol have saved 20,000+ lives in England
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- Pro-marijuana 'tweets' are sky-high on Twitter
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Tablet computers good medium for educational materials
- Surprising insights into effects of wood fuel burning
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Rosetta data reveals more surprises about comet 67P
- Rosetta data give closest-ever look at a comet
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Rosetta Comet 'pouring' more water into space
- Watching the birth of a comet magnetosphere
- Gas variations are suggestive of seasons on comet Chury
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Black hole on a diet creates a 'changing look' quasar
- Major breakthrough in reading ancient scrolls
- Profitable phishing schemes slyly tinker with our heads, then rip us off
- Wild west physics: Bridging the gap between the study of 'outer space' and 'inner space'
- Growing bone in space: Study to test therapy for bone loss on the International Space Station
- Telescope to seek dust where other Earths may lie
- Gullies on protoplanet Vesta suggest past water-mobilized flows
- NASA, Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to 'work on Mars'
- Is glass a true solid? New research suggests it is
- Gold 'nano-drills' help with DNA analysis
- Engineers develop world's longest 'flat pack' arch bridge
- Computers: Visually pleasing graphics enhance user performance
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Computer scientists improve privacy of Internet currency Bitcoin
- Self-powered intelligent keyboard could provide a new layer of security
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