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Space lab to elucidate how liquid cocktails mix
May 12, 2015 (SPX)
What does space experimentation have in common with liquid cocktails? Both help in understanding what happens when multiple fluids are mixed together and subjec...
See flower cells in 3-D - no electron microscopy required
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists require high-resolution imaging of plant cells to study everything from fungal infections to reproduction in maize. These images are captured with sc...
Space radiation: CSU studies risks for astronauts journeying to Mars
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
A new research facility at Colorado State University - the only one of its kind in the world - will be established with a $9 million grant from NASA to help rev...
Real stereotypes continue to exist in virtual worlds
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
Stereotypes related to gender and appearance that burden women in the real world could follow them into virtual ones, according to researchers. In a study of ho...
Researchers match physical and virtual atomic friction experiments
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
Technological limitations have made studying friction on the atomic scale difficult, but researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cal...
Space debris from satellite explosion increases collision risk for space craft
May 07, 2015 (SPX)
Debris from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F13 satellite, which recently exploded in orbit, could pose a threat to other spacecraft and ...
Damaging Radiation Effects on Travelers to Mars
May 07, 2015 (SPX)
We already know that interplanetary travel will be extremely expensive and may take months or years to achieve one-way trips to Mars and other planets. In addit...
NASA Test Materials to Fly on Air Force Space Plane
May 07, 2015 (SPX)
Building on more than a decade of data from International Space Station (ISS) research, NASA is expanding its materials science research by flying an experiment...
From brittle to plastic in one breath
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
What if peanut brittle, under certain conditions, behaved like taffy? Something like that happens to a two-dimensional dichalcogenide analyzed by scientists at ...
Invisibility cloaks move into the real-life classroom
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Who among us hasn't wanted to don a shimmering piece of fabric and instantly disappear from sight? Unfortunately, we non-magical folk are bound by the laws of p...
Rubber from dandelions
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Dandelions deliver a desirable product: rubber. This is why the robust and undemanding plant has become the focus of attention of the rubber-producing industry....
ORNL probes chemistry, topography and mechanics with one instrument
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
The probe of an atomic force microscope (AFM) scans a surface to reveal details at a resolution 1,000 times greater than that of an optical microscope. That mak...
The microscopic topography of ink on paper
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
A team of Finnish scientists has found a new way to examine the ancient art of putting ink to paper in unprecedented 3-D detail. The technique could improve sci...
The random raman laser
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
In modern microscope imaging techniques, lasers are used as light sources because they can deliver fast pulsed and extremely high-intensity radiation to a targe...
Weighing - and imaging - molecules one at a time
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Building on their creation of the first-ever mechanical device that can measure the mass of individual molecules, one at a time, a team of Caltech scientists an...
Synthesis of silicon oxides opens 'new world in a grain of sand'
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
In an effort that reaches back to the 19th-century laboratories of Europe, a discovery by University of Georgia chemistry researchers establishes new research p...
Scientists create cheaper magnetic material for cars, wind turbines
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
Karl A. Gschneidner and fellow scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have created a new magnetic alloy that is an alternative to traditi...
Northwestern scientists develop first liquid nanolaser
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
Northwestern University scientists have developed the first liquid nanoscale laser. And it's tunable in real time, meaning you can quickly and simply produce di...
A silver lining
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
The silver used by Beth Gwinn's research group at UC Santa Barbara has value far beyond its worth as a commodity, even though it's used in very small amounts. T...
More is less in novel electronic material
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
Add water to a half-filled cup and the water level rises. This everyday experience reflects a positive material property of the water-cup system. But what if ad...
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