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Cosmic Illusion Revealed: Gravitational Lens Magnifies Supernova
Apr. 24, 2014 — Astronomers have announced the discovery of a galaxy that magnified a background, Type Ia supernova thirty-fold through gravitational lensing. This first example of strong gravitational lensing of a ... full story -
Breakthrough Harnesses Light for Controlled Chemical Reaction
Apr. 24, 2014 — One catalyst supplies electrons, other one controls position of raw material. Reactions are powered by visible light, not UV. Technique could allow creation of novel molecules for ... full story -
Astronomical Forensics Uncover Planetary Disks in NASA's Hubble Archive
Apr. 24, 2014 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of five disks observed around young stars in the ... full story -
'Double-Duty' Electrolyte Enables New Chemistry for Longer-Lived Batteries
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers have developed a new and unconventional battery chemistry aimed at producing batteries that last longer than previously thought possible. Researchers have challenged a long-held ... full story -
Spiders in Space Weave a Web of Scientific Inspiration for Spider-Man Fans
Apr. 24, 2014 — While spiders were busy spinning webs in space, researchers on Earth weaved their knowledge of this activity into educational materials to inspire and motivate students. Now, this free, Web-based ... full story -
Equipped With New Sensors, Morpheus Preps to Tackle Landing on Its Own
Apr. 24, 2014 — A test flight later this week will challenge a set of sensors to map out a 65-yard square of boulder-sized hazards and pick out a safe place to land. Mounted to an uncrewed prototype lander called ... full story -
NASA Aeronautics Set to Premiere High-Flying Sequel
Apr. 24, 2014 — For the second time in as many years, NASA researchers beginning in early May will take to the skies with a DC-8 and other aircraft to conduct a series of flight tests designed to study the effects ... full story -
A Step Up for NASA’s Robonaut: Ready for Climbing Legs
Apr. 24, 2014 — Getting your "space legs" in Earth orbit has taken on new meaning for NASA's pioneering Robonaut program. Thanks to a successful launch of the SpaceX-3 flight of the Falcon 9/Dragon ... full story -
NASA Tests Orion’s Parachute Performance Over Arizona While Work Progresses in Florida
Apr. 24, 2014 — The team designing the parachute system for NASA's Orion spacecraft has demonstrated almost every parachute failure they could imagine. But on April 23, they tested how the system would perform ... full story -
Your T-Shirt's Ringing: Printable Tiny Flexible Cell Phones for Clothes?
Apr. 24, 2014 — A new version of 'spaser' technology being investigated could mean that mobile phones become so small, efficient, and flexible they could be printed on clothing. A spaser is effectively a ... full story -
Take Notes by Hand for Better Long-Term Comprehension
Apr. 24, 2014 — Dust off those Bic ballpoints and college-ruled notebooks: research shows that taking notes by hand is better than taking notes on a laptop for remembering conceptual information over the long term. ... full story -
Using Antineutrinos to Monitor Nuclear Reactors
Apr. 24, 2014 — When monitoring nuclear reactors, the International Atomic Energy Agency has to rely on input given by the operators. In the future, antineutrino detectors may provide an additional option for ... full story -
Bake Your Own Droplet Lens: Cheap, High-Quality Lenses Made from Droplets of Transparent Silicone
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers have created a new type of lens that costs less than a penny to make, and can be used in a 3-D printed attachment that turns a Smartphone into a dermascope, a tool to diagnose skin ... full story -
New Ultrasound Device May Add in Detecting Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke
Apr. 24, 2014 — A new ultrasound device that could help identify arterial plaque that is at high risk of breaking off and causing heart attack or stroke has been developed by researchers. The prototype device has ... full story -
When Things Get Glassy, Molecules Go Fractal
Apr. 24, 2014 — School children learn the difference between liquids and gases, but centuries of scholarship have failed to produce consensus about how to categorize glass. Now, combining theory and numerical ... full story -
Critical Vulnerabilities in TLS Implementation for Java
Apr. 24, 2014 — In January and April 2014, Oracle has released critical Java software security updates. They resolve vulnerabilities that affected the "Java Secure Socket Extension" (JSSE), a software ... full story -
How Do Liquid Foams Completely Block Sound?
Apr. 24, 2014 — Liquid foams have a remarkable property: they completely block the transmission of sound over a wide range of frequencies. Physicists have studied how sound is attenuated in liquid foams. Their ... full story -
Asteroids Made Easy: 'Patch of Asteroid' Being Built Inside a Satellite
Apr. 24, 2014 — A dozen astronauts have walked on the moon, and several rovers have been piloted on Mars, giving us a good understanding of these off-world environments. But when it comes to asteroids, scientists ... full story -
It's a Bubble, but Not as We Know It
Apr. 23, 2014 — Multi-sensory technology that creates soap bubbles, which can have images projected onto them or when the bubbles are burst release a scent, is being unveiled at an international conference. The ... full story -
'Off-the-Shelf' Equipment Used to Digitize Insects in 3-D: 3-D Model Insects Useful for Studying, Sharing Specimens
Apr. 23, 2014 — Scientists have developed a cost-effective, off-the-shelf system to obtain natural-color 3-D models of insects. Scientists studying insects rely on collected specimens that are often shared between ... full story
- Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies supernova
- Breakthrough harnesses light for controlled chemical reaction
- Astronomical forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA's Hubble archive
- 'Double-duty' electrolyte enables new chemistry for longer-lived batteries
- Spiders in space weave a web of scientific inspiration for Spider-Man fans
- Equipped with new sensors, Morpheus preps to tackle landing on its own
- NASA aeronautics set to premiere high-flying sequel
- A step up for NASA’s robonaut: Ready for climbing legs
- NASA tests Orion’s parachute performance over Arizona while work progresses in Florida
- Your T-shirt's ringing: Printable tiny flexible cell phones for clothes?
- Take notes by hand for better long-term comprehension
- Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors
- Bake your own droplet lens: Cheap, high-quality lenses made from droplets of transparent silicone
- New ultrasound device may add in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke
- When things get glassy, molecules go fractal
- Critical vulnerabilities in TLS implementation for Java
- How do liquid foams completely block sound?
- Asteroids made easy: 'Patch of asteroid' being built inside a satellite
- It's a bubble, but not as we know it
- 'Off-the-shelf' equipment used to digitize insects in 3-D: 3-D model insects useful for studying, sharing specimens
- New shape discovered using rubber bands
- Innovation improves drowsy driver detection
- Cyber buddy is better than 'no buddy'
- Superconducting qubit array points the way to quantum computers
- Mapping the road to quantum gravity
- Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mystery
- Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
- Halving hydrogen: First view of nature-inspired catalyst after ripping hydrogen apart provides insights for better fuel cells
- Pollutants from coal-burning stoves strongly associated with miscarriages in Mongolia
- Gold nanoparticles help target, quantify breast cancer segments in a living cell
- Odds of storm waters overflowing Manhattan seawall up 20-fold
- Predicting drift of floating pumice 'islands' can benefit shipping
- Some astronauts at risk for cognitive impairment, animal studies suggest
- Following a protein's travel inside cells is key to improving patient monitoring, drug development
- Airport security-style technology could help doctors decide on stroke treatment
- In lab tests, the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan spurs growth of breast cancer cells
- How to avoid water wars between 'fracking' industry and residents
- Steering chemical reactions with laser pulses
- Male-biased tweeting: Gender differences in the use of Twitter
- Fires in the Primorsky Province of Russia
- Liquid spacetime: What if spacetime were a kind of fluid?
- Wind turbine movement can generate lightning
- Tracking oxygen in the body: MRI sensor could aid cancer diagnosis and treatment
- New heart assist pump allows minimally invasive approach
- Physicists consider implications of recent revelations about the universe's first light
- Newly-approved brain stimulator offers hope for individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy
- Building stronger bridges: Structures lab fulfills private, public needs
- Bioinformatics profiling identifies a new mammalian clock gene
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- Neuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
- Impact of Facebook unfriending analyzed by researchers
- A new 'APEX' in plant studies aboard the International Space Station
- For an immune cell, microgravity mimics aging
- First size-based chromatography technique for the study of livi
- Applying math to biology: Software identifies disease-causing mutations in undiagnosed illnesses
- Online retailers have clear advantage by not collecting sales tax
- Traditional Malaysian musical instrument modernized: 'Rebana Ubi' computer speaker
- Surface modification of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation of hazardous pollutants under ordinary visible light
- Major advances in dye sensitized solar cells
- Unlocking secrets of new solar material
- Speed-reading apps may impair reading comprehension by limiting ability to backtrack
- People pay more attention to upper half of field of vision, study shows
- New design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
- RNA shows potential as boiling-resistant anionic polymer material for nanoarchitectures
- Quantum simulators developed to study inaccessible physical systems
- Vacuum ultraviolet lamp of the future created
- High-performance, low-cost ultracapacitors built with graphene and carbon nanotubes
- iPad users explore data with their fingers: Kinetica converts tabular data into touch-friendly format
- Superconducting quantum interference devices: Grasp of SQUIDs dynamics facilitates eavesdropping
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- Nanomaterial outsmarts ions: Novel types of electronic components made of graphene
- Like a hall of mirrors, nanostructures trap photons inside ultrathin solar cells
- 'Blood lab' inside a mobile phone could detect cancer
- Jacket works like a mobile phone
- Red stars and big bulges: How black holes shape galaxies
- Solved: Mysteries of a nearby planetary system
- Higher solar-cell efficiency achieved with zinc-oxide coating
- 'Upside-down planet' reveals new method for studying binary star systems
- Queuing theory helps physicist understand protein recycling
- LEDs get seal of approval: Safe for skin, experts say
- Reference pricing for proton therapy will help establish clinical benefits
- Progress made in developing nanoscale electronics: New research directs charges through single molecules
- New technology for greenhouses developed
- Unattended Aircraft, rockets and weather balloons designed
- Computer simulations help predict effective drug candidates
- Physicists push new Parkinson's treatment toward clinical trials
- Information sharing between health systems reduces tests, study shows
- God of the Gap: Pan keeps Encke gap open in Saturn's rings
- Computer-assisted accelerator design
- Quantum turbulence: New key to unlocking the mysteries of physics?
- Cardiothoracic surgeon launches research into space
- New material coating technology mimics nature's lotus effect
- Exoplanets soon to gleam in the eye of NESSI
- Dragon delivers science, station supplies
- How a security officer's thought process influences airport security: Study offers insight
- Climate benefit of biofuels from corn residue: Researchers cast doubt
- Bulletproof nuclei? Stem cells exhibit unusual absorption property
- Computational method dramatically speeds up estimates of gene expression
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