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Space Exploration Mar 14, 2017

Enceladus' south pole is warm under the frost

Over the past decade, the international Cassini mission has revealed intense activity at the southern pole of Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, with warm fractures venting water-rich jets that hint at an underground sea. A new ...

Energy & Green Tech Feb 23, 2017

Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel

Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world—and that figure is set to grow, according to the International Energy Agency. With sustainable solutions in mind, a new study published by eminent ...

Space Exploration Jan 13, 2017

Video: Huygens' descent to Titan

On December 25, 2004, the piggybacking Huygens probe was released from the 'mothership' Cassini spacecraft and it arrived at Titan on January 14, 2005. The probe began transmitting data to Cassini four minutes into its descent ...

Space Exploration Jan 13, 2017

Catching Cassini's call

This week, ESA deep-space radio dishes on two continents are listening for signals from the international Cassini spacecraft, now on its final tour of Saturn.

Space Exploration Jan 11, 2017

Huygens: 'Ground truth' from an alien moon—2005 historic descent to Titan revisited

After a two-and-a-half-hour descent, the metallic, saucer-shaped spacecraft came to rest with a thud on a dark floodplain covered in cobbles of water ice, in temperatures hundreds of degrees below freezing. The alien probe ...

Space Exploration Jan 4, 2017

Image: Cloud activity returns to Titan's northern latitudes

Floating high above the hydrocarbon lakes, wispy clouds have finally started to return to Titan's northern latitudes.

Cell & Microbiology Dec 21, 2016

Newly discovered mechanism in cells can regulate the immune system

Special proteins are important for the function of cells and play an important role in processes and effectiveness of the immune system. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have observed how concentrations that vary ...

Space Exploration Nov 30, 2016

NASA spacecraft embarks on ring-skimming mission at Saturn

Consider it a cosmic carousel with countless rings up for grabs.

Nanomaterials Nov 29, 2016

Making flawless graphene coatings

Graphene, the ultra-thin wonder material just a single carbon atom in thickness, holds the promise of such impressive applications as wear-resistant, friction-free coatings. But first manufacturers have to be able to produce ...

Nanophysics Nov 16, 2016

Making spintronic neurons sing in unison

What do fire flies, Huygens's wall clocks, and even the heart of choir singers, have in common? They can all synchronize their respective individual signals into one single unison tone or rhythm.

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