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Beautiful flowers self-assemble in a beaker
Elaborate nanostructures blossom from a chemical reaction perfected at Harvard.
May 17, 2013
New discovery shatters conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged
Use of new analysis techniques provides food for thought about how people lived 5,000 years ago.
May 17, 2013
How NASA might revive the Kepler planet-hunter
Scott Hubbard, a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics, explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online.
May 16, 2013
Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible skin
Engineers created a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill that could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart.
May 16, 2013
Orion’s hidden fiery ribbon
This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky.
May 15, 2013
Here’s how NYC would look under the skies of other worlds
"I felt that if I could show people what New York City looked like on other planets, I'd give people a sense of how lucky we are to be living on Earth."
May 15, 2013
MIGHTI Slated for Launch on ICON Mission
A instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a satellite mission that NASA has selected to move forward into development.
May 15, 2013
Human disease leptospirosis identified in new species in Africa
The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose.
May 14, 2013
Three X-class flares in 24 hours
The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours on May 13, 2013 - the strongest X-class flare of the year so far.
May 14, 2013
New method of finding planets scores its first discovery
A team has just discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity.
May 13, 2013
