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Inspiration from a porcupine’s quills
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices.
December 10, 2012
Galaxy hits a cosmic bullseye
Galaxy NGC 922 got its unusual shape millions of years ago when a smaller galaxy plunged right through its heart and shot out the other side.
December 7, 2012
Tiny structure gives big boost to solar power
Researchers have found a simple and economical way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells.
December 6, 2012
Want to help identify star clusters in Andromeda galaxy?
Astronomers are inviting the public to search Hubble Space Telescope images of the Andromeda galaxy to help identify star clusters.
December 5, 2012
Ancient microbes discovered under 60 feet of Antarctic ice
Where there’s water there’s life, even beneath 60 feet of Antarctic ice in permanent darkness and subzero temperatures.
December 5, 2012
New study reveals lions are rapidly losing ground in Africa
Suitable lion habitat reduced by 75 percent and wild lion population under decline.
December 4, 2012
Like us, great apes suffer mid-life crisis
They may not go out and buy a shiny sports car, but chimpanzees and orangutans can experience a mid-life crisis, just like humans.
December 4, 2012
NASA Mars rover fully analyzes first soil samples
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has analyzed Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.
December 3, 2012
Have Venus volcanoes been caught in the act?
Astronomers have speculated for decades about active volcanoes on Venus. Do volcanoes erupt beneath Venus' clouds?
December 3, 2012
MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice at Mercury’s poles
New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice in its polar craters.
November 30, 2012
