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This Hubble image shows the central region of a spiral galaxy known as NGC 247. NGC 247 is a relatively small spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Cetus (The Whale). Lying at a distance of around 11 million light-years from…

Bleeding disorders could one day be diagnosed by putting platelets through strength tests, researchers have proposed. Biomedical engineers from Emory and Georgia Tech have devised a microfluidic testing ground where platelets can…

Methods to control defects in two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, that may lead to improved membranes for water desalination, energy storage, sensing or advanced protective coatings have been developed by researchers at Penn State,…

Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called "space brain." UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to…

The pilots of Solar Impulse 2 of spoke of their new project, following circling the globe in an aircraft that used no fuel. "An unmanned version of Solar Impulse," aviator and engineer Andre Borschberg told reporters when asked what…

A Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed has been launched by the researchers at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The test bed is an innovative model factory that will facilitate…

Major technology firms are racing to infuse smartphones and other internet-linked devices with software smarts that help them think like people. The effort is seen as an evolution in computing that allows users to interact with machines…