It was hard to understand how a graphene sheet — a featureless, flat sheet of carbon atoms — lying on an equally featureless iridium surface, somehow converted itself into a kind of muffin tin that formed “muffins” ...
Nanophysics
Apr 24, 2008
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The world's largest laser system -- the National Ignition Facility -- is being built in California and officials say it will go online next year.
General Physics
Apr 24, 2008
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A highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake that washed up on a New Zealand beach was recovering Thursday at an aquarium.
Apr 24, 2008
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The end of April usually brings the first signs of harmful algae in New England waters, and this year, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina State University (NC State) are preparing ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2008
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After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners.
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2008
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A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleagues have won a joint grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to look at the combined effects of global climate change on weed ...
Apr 24, 2008
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To the surprise of many, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault and not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in Missouri's bootheel.
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2008
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Europeans want to peek into our soil and see how dry we are. And an Iowa State University professor is eager to help, and even check their results.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2008
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Natural barriers like waterfalls play an important role in preventing lake trout from spreading through Glacier National Park, so maintaining those barriers should be a priority, Montana State University researchers said ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2008
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A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2008
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