A hidden or 'choked' jet (white) powering a radio-emitting 'cocoon' (pink) is the best explanation for the radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays the astronomers observed. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF: D. Berr Three months of observations with the National Science Foundation's Karl G....
The atmospheric superrotation at the upper clouds of Venus. While the superrotation is present in both day and night sides of Venus, it seems more uniform in the day (AKATSUKI-UVI image at 360 nm, right side), while in the...
This image shows a false-colored electron microscope image of the University of Minnesota device. The blue area marks the topological insulator on top of the optical waveguide in red. Credit: University of Minnesota Light can generate an electrical current in semiconductor...
Bang! A new moon crater appeared between Oct. 25, 2012, and April 21, 2013. At 12 meters (40 feet) wide, the crater is not hard to spot in the image, but the starburst pattern of ejected debris is elusive...
The flexible tissue scaffold, shown here emerging from a glass pipette with a tip one millimetre wide, unfolds itself after injection into the body. This could enable surgeons to use minimally invasive techniques, which reduce recovery time, scarring and...
Black mouse ready to fight. Fighting behaviors and the neurons that represent them are not as fixed as previously believed. Credit: © lllorrri / Fotolia Adult male mice have a simple repertoire of innate, or instinctive, social behaviors: When encountering a...
Tatyana Polenova and Juan Perilla, professors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, with a computer-generated model of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape and Jeffrey Chase Viewed with a...
Water (stock image). Researchers have used cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Credit: © gertrudda / Fotolia Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially...
This is a damselfish of the Chromis species. Credit: Jacob Johansen/Univ. of Texas at Austin Just as one too many cocktails can lead a person to make bad choices, a few drops of oil can cause coral reef fish to make...
Aberration-corrected HAADF/STEM images of as-synthesized Rh-ZSM-5. Single rhodium cations are circled in white with proposed ball-stick model of the structure. Credit: Lawrence F. Allard, co-author and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory The direct oxidation of methane -- found in natural...
Titan's winter polar vortex imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft's ISS camera. The vortex is now in deep winter and can only be seen because the polar clouds within the vortex extend high above Titan's surface into the sunlight. The...