Introduction In the last decade, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely explored as tools with applications in the medical field. Several studies performed by our group and other researchers ha… [+51449 chars]
NASA Earth Observatory has been cataloging images of our planet since 1999, bringing us coverage of all the cool and weird geology Earth has to offer. The Observatory publishes images taken by differ… [+431 chars]
Newswise — A study from the Missouri Ozarks highlights the importance of spatial aspects of biodiversity for healthy functioning of naturally occurring forests. Biologists from Washington University… [+7512 chars]
According to Sandia researcher Jack Flicker, the mining and processing facilities could produce rocket fuel, water, oxygen and other materials needed for extended exploration of the lunar surface whi… [+3882 chars]
To the human eye, layered crystals after osmotic swelling are only visible as unclear, clumped structures. Credit: Chr. Wißler Nanosheets are finely structured two-dimensional materials and have gre… [+3991 chars]
Burn markings discovered on old shell scraps some years ago revealed that the early Australians cooked and ate huge eggs laid by a long-extinct bird, igniting a vigorous debate about the species that… [+3172 chars]
According to Sandia researcher Jack Flicker, the mining and processing facilities could produce rocket fuel, water, oxygen and other materials needed for extended exploration of the lunar surface whi… [+3882 chars]
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The world's largest plant has been found hiding in plain sight in Western Australia and is at least as old as Egypt's great pyramids. The aquatic ribbon weed, which covers about 200 square kilometre… [+2880 chars]
Researchers have succeeded in developing a coating material that can be written on with UV light and then removed with oxygen. Modifications on rewritable paper might help cut down on paper waste in … [+2892 chars]
Over 50,000 years ago, the territory of what is now Australia was populated, among others, by very big birds. One of them, Genyornis newtoni, weighed about 250 kilograms. But its size didn’t do it mu… [+3397 chars]
Research from Matthew Lew’s lab at Washington University in St. Louis offers entirely new ways to see the very small.The research two papers written by PhD students at the McKelvey School of Engineer… [+2251 chars]
