Researchers Use Graphene in Photodetectors
A newly published study details how graphene can be used in photodetectors to convert optical signals to electrical signals in integrated optoelectronic computer chips. Graphene…
A newly published study details how graphene can be used in photodetectors to convert optical signals to electrical signals in integrated optoelectronic computer chips. Graphene…
Using a Kinect camera and a projector, Flexpad transforms flexible materials into highly deformable and spatially aware handheld displays. Recently at the 2013 IFA International…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have discovered a microbe that is rejuvenated every time it reproduces. While aging remains an inevitable fact of life,…
This newly released Hubble image shows the star HD 184738. This new image, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also…
A newly published study shows that the basic building blocks of life as we know it can be assembled anywhere in the Solar System, confirming…
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism in an insect. Previously believed to be only man-made,…
In a newly published study, astronomers detail the discovery of an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, called M60-UCD1, that has a stellar mass density of over one…
Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database, researchers discovered more than 600 “red nugget” galaxy candidates located at distances of 2.5 to 5.7 billion light-years…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered the largest known group of star clusters and have confirmed that such compact groupings can be used…
A newly published study has confirmed that the 36-year-old NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager…
Using ESO data, two groups of scientists have produced detailed three-dimensional images of the stars that form the inner regions of our Milky Way. Two…
New research presented at the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL examines whether life forms would be able to survive an impact with the surface…
Data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope helped astronomers discover that the large asteroid called Don Quixote is in fact a comet. For 30 years, a…
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they developed and used computer models simulating galaxy evolution to help explain why all disk galaxies eventually…
In a newly published study, neurobiologists demonstrate the ability to create specific memories by directly altering brain cells in the cerebral cortex. Irvine, California —…
A new four-minute ScienceCast video explores the strange phenomena coming from the tops of thunderstorms and details the new ISS experiment called “Firestation” that is…
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered evidence of diverse life forms in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time….
New research presented to the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL aims to explore how atmospheric biomarkers from faraway planets might be detected in the…