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Month: October 2013
Magnetic ‘force field’ shields giant gas cloud during collision with Milky Way
Doom may be averted for the Smith Cloud, a gigantic streamer of hydrogen gas that…
Former missile-tracking telescope helps reveal fate of baby pulsar
A radio telescope once used to track ballistic missiles has helped astronomers determine how the…
New techniques produce cleanest graphene yet
Researchers demonstrate for the first time that it’s possible to electrically contact an atomically thin…
Is global heating hiding out in the oceans? Parts of Pacific warming 15 times faster than in past 10,000 years
In a reconstruction of Pacific Ocean temperatures in the last 10,000 years, researchers have found…
Making electrical contact along 1-D edge of 2-D materials
Scientists have demonstrated it is possible for an atomically thin two-dimensional material to have electrical…
Molecule that orients neurons for high definition sensing identified
Many animals have highly developed senses, such as vision in carnivores, touch in mice, and…
First look at diverse life below rare tallgrass prairies
For the first time, biologists have gotten a peek at a vitally important community that…
Most detailed picture yet of key AIDS protein
Scientists have determined the first atomic-level structure of the tripartite HIV envelope protein—long considered one…
Critical gene in retinal development and motion sensing identified
Our vision depends on exquisitely organized layers of cells within the eye’s retina, each with…