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[ad_1] IMAGE: The copper probe can manipulate matter on an atomic scale. View More Credit: © 2020 Shiotari et al. Nanographene is a material that is expected to radically improve solar cells, fuel cells, LEDs, and more. Typically the synthesis of this material has been imprecise and difficult to control. …

[ad_1] Atomic force microscope. The copper probe can manipulate matter on an atomic scale. © 2020 Shiotari et al. Nanographene is a material that is expected to radically improve solar cells, fuel cells, LEDs, and more. Typically the synthesis of this material has been imprecise and difficult to control. For …

[ad_1] The latest animation technology has revealed the molecular details of how our bodies are protected from cancer by a key “tumor suppressor” protein called p53. The new WEHI-TV animation displays the findings of more than 40 years of research to explain how the tumor suppressor protein p53 normally prevents …

[ad_1] Scientists at Tohoku University have found that human editing enzymes are likely behind a type of mutation in the COVID-19 virus that stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory molecules called cytokines by the body’s immune cells. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, is important for understanding how the virus is …

[ad_1] Following the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases around the world, a U.S.-based electronics company, Dynamics has unveiled a coronavirus killing machine that sucks in germs and detonates them with high-intensity ultraviolet light. Called Nanowave, the technology is capable of eliminating 99 percent of the virus in less than two …

[ad_1] The Associated Press11 November 2020 09:36:24 NASA is underestimating the amount of time and money it will take to bring Mars rocks back to Earth over the next decade, an independent panel said Tuesday. The review committee suggested that NASA and the European Space Agency consider making it past …

[ad_1] A recent study on the performance of some microorganisms in low gravity environments such as Mars or on spacecraft follows. Their findings “demonstrate the potential for space biomineration and the principles of a reactor to advance human industry and mining beyond Earth.” Here on Earth, scientists use certain microbes …

[ad_1] Fossils found in New Zealand led to the discovery of a previously unidentified extinct monk seal species, which biologists say is the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution in seven decades. The animal – called Eomonachus belegaerensis – named after a sea in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings …

[ad_1] Researchers have discovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a segment virtually hidden from view in the virus genome and largely overlooked until now. The newly identified gene – called ORF3d – is an example of what is called an overlapping gene: a kind …

[ad_1] Over the next few years, Mars will be visited by three new rovers, the Perseverance, Tianwen-1, is Rosalind Franklin missions. Like their predecessors – Pathfinder is Sojourner, Spirit is Opportunity, is Curiosity – these robotic missions will explore the surface, looking for evidence of past and present life. But …