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NASA sees Giovanna reach cyclone strength, threaten Madagascar

Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on February 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Residents of east-central Madagascar should prepare for this cyclone to make landfall ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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NASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine

Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Chemists harvest light to create 'green' tool for pharmaceuticals

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Arkansas researchers, including an Honors College undergraduate student, has created a new, "green" method for developing medicines. The researchers used energy from ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Building a better light bulb

Scientists study the movement of charge carriers to design an organic LED that is energy efficient and still casts a warm, natural glow.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study

While only 20 per cent of Canada's police forces have an explicit policy against reporting the race of victims and accused persons, University of Toronto and Nipissing criminologists show that the majority of police departments ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Major Tropical Cyclone Funso analyzed by two NASA satellites

Tropical Cyclone Funso is now a dangerous Category 4 cyclone in the Mozambique Channel, moving southward between Mozambique on the African mainland and the island nation of Madagascar. As Funso became a major ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Image: Closest Dione flyby

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view which includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA satellite sees birth of Tropical Storm Ethel, now threatening Rodrigues

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Ethel on January 19, 2012 after she was born in the Southern Indian Ocean. The island of Rodrigues is now under Tropical Cyclone Warnings as Ethel approaches ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers uncover transparency limits on transparent conducting oxides

Researchers in the Computational Materials Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have uncovered the fundamental limits on optical transparency in the class of materials known as transparent ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eagle Nebula: A new view of an icon

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Eagle Nebula as never seen before. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope's 'Pillars of Creation' image of the Eagle Nebula became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Now, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA sees Tropical Storm Heidi approaching Australia's Pilbara coast

Tropical Storm Heidi is forecast to make landfall today along the Pilbara coast of Western Australia as warnings pepper the coast. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early in the day and captured a visible ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Scientists solve mystery of colorful armchair nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have figured out what gives armchair nanotubes their unique bright colors: hydrogen-like objects called excitons.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A breakthrough in superlens development: Cheap, simple lens to let us see a single virus

A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Trapping butterfly wings' qualities

Butterflies have inspired humans since the time of ancient Egypt, but now they're also inspiring researchers to look toward nature to help create the next generation of waterproof materials for electronics ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A single cell endoscope: Researchers use nanophotonics for optical look inside living cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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