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DNA tile ribbons can store information in their arrangement of tiles-12.5 nm by 4 nm by 2 nm self-assembled DNA structures.

University of Louisville scientists who have helped three paralyzed patients stand again have won a $6.3 million grant to bring their technology into patients' homes.

The current system favors popular people over the socially isolated and ties your academic worth to how many friends you have.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth.

Synthetic biology promises near-term breakthroughs in medicine, materials, and energy, and is also one promising development pathway leading to advanced nanotechnology and a general capability for programmable, atomically-precise manufacturing.

University of Louisville scientists who have helped three paralyzed patients stand again have won a $6.3 million grant to bring their technology into patients' homes.

Roy was born in New York, the son of Harry and Bea Sachs. He spent the early years of his life living in the Bronx, before the family moved to Baltimore.

NASA will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 30 at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array , a mission to hunt for black holes.

The University of Louisville has received $6.3 million from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support research in the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at UofL developing the next generation of technology to help paralyzed people regain movement in their limbs and enhance ... (more)

Dr. Lo joins a number of internationally acclaimed scientists and medical doctors on the Scientific Advisory Board.

Students took home $200,000 in prizes for green ideas at an awards ceremony recently held at California Institute of Technology for a Department of Energy competition.

A new satellite is set to be launched in to orbit in an effort to hunt for hidden black holes in space.

Almost a century after telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell first popularized the idea of measuring smells, chemical vapor sensors - "electronic noses" - are being developed for use in diagnosing disease, detecting national security threats, and other futuristic uses.

BlackLight Power, Inc . today announced a major breakthrough in clean energy technology, which experts agree holds tremendous promise for a wide range of commercial applications.A The announcement comes on the heels of BlackLight's recent completion of a $5 million round of financing to support commercial development of its new process for ... (more)

That's because Darpa, the Pentagon's far-out research arm, has kicked off a program designed to take the conventions of manufacturing and apply them to living cells.

LOS ANGELES -- A bill that would allow self-driving cars on California's roads has passed the California state Senate.

Almost a century after telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell first popularized the idea of measuring smells, chemical vapor sensors "electronic noses" are being developed for use in diagnosing disease, detecting national security threats, and other futuristic uses.

Ahmed Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A professor of chemistry and physics at the California Institute of Technology he has been playing an active role in Egypt's transformation to democracy.

Fiona A. Harrison, 49, is a professor of physics and astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and the principal investigator of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR-a telescope that is scheduled to launch into space in June and use high-energy X-rays to capture images of black holes, supernovas, and other objects in ... (more)