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First-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule captured

Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

H3+: The molecule that made the Universe

(Phys.org) -- In a study that pushed quantum mechanical theory and research capabilities to the limit, University of Arizona researchers have found a way to see the molecule that likely made the universe - ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Enzyme corrects more than one million faults in DNA replication

Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists image the charge distribution within a single molecule for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists were able to measure for the first time how charge is distributed within a single molecule. This achievement will enable fundamental scientific insights into single-molecule ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers engineer molecular magnets to act as long-lived qubits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some physicists today are investigating the possibility of using molecular magnets as information storage units in future quantum computers. Molecular magnets are molecules whose magnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Cell membrane is patterned like a patchwork quilt

(Phys.org) -- As the interface between the cell and its environment, the cell membrane, which consists of fats and proteins, fulfils a variety of vital functions. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Honeycomb structure responsible for bacteria's extraordinary sense

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have peered into the complex molecular network of receptors that give one-celled organisms like bacteria the ability to sense their environment and respond to chemical ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

European neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans: study

New findings from an international team of researchers show that most neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The anatomy of a stellar outflow

(Phys.org) -- Astronomers used to think that star formation simply involved the gradual coalescence of material under the influence of gravity. No longer. Making a new star is a complex process, among other ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Indonesian 'Eves' colonised Madagascar 1,200 years ago

Several dozen Indonesian women founded the colonisation of Madagascar 1,200 years ago, scientists said on Wednesday in a probe into one of the strangest episodes in the human odyssey.

Biology / Other

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Possible water in the atmosphere of a super-Earth

A "super-Earth" is an exoplanet (a planet around another star) whose mass is between about two and ten Earth-masses. Planets larger than this are closer to Uranus and Neptune in size (and perhaps in other ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New CO2-removing catalyst can take the heat

(Phys.org) -- The current method of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flues of coal-fired power plants uses so much energy that no one bothers to use it. So says Roger Aines, principal ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago

All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Organic compounds found in proto-planetary disks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from scientists in the US has reported that organic compounds could be formed in proto-planetary disks, and could have seeded the development of life in our own and other planetary ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night emission was first detected ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast