15/07/2014

Research explores processes behind cell division

A new theoretical framework outlined by a Harvard scientist could help solve the mystery of how bacterial cells coordinate processes that are critical to cellular division, such as DNA replication, and how bacteria know when ...

Image: Test driving remote-control rover

A team at ESA's Space Operations Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, Darmstadt are seen here maintaining the link between a simulated astronaut on the International Space Station and the agency's Eurobot rover. The rover is one of ...

Surrey NanoSystems has "super black" material

(Phys.org) —A British company says it has scored a breakthrough in the world's darkest material. Surrey NanoSystems describes its development as not just a black material but super-black. They are calling it Vantablack, ...

Smallest Swiss cross—made of 20 single atoms

The manipulation of atoms has reached a new level: Together with teams from Finland and Japan, physicists from the University of Basel were able to place 20 single atoms on a fully insulated surface at room temperature to ...

Italy cruise ship toxins threaten wildlife: activists

It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores—but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ...

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