New Satellite to Measure Gravity Lifts Off
The spacecraft will measure the earth’s gravitational field with new accuracy.
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Cells Self-Assemble into Tissues
Specially engineered cells arrange themselves into three-dimensional microtissues.
Nanofibers Perform Attoscale Chemistry
The chemical reactors allow experiments to be performed using just thousands of molecules.
Detecting Faces in Apple iPhoto '09
The latest photo-management programs from Apple and Google include revolutionary face-spotting technology.
Nanopore Sequencing to Identify DNA Bases
A British company has demonstrated an important step for a new sequencing technique.
Personal Rapid Transit Systems
Small, automatic electric vehicles will be demonstrated in two new projects.
Cell Structures in 3-D
A new technique pushes the boundaries of super-resolution light microscopy.
A Solar Field for a Hybrid Power Plant
How solar-thermal energy could trim coal plants’ carbon footprint.
Basking in Big Data
New visualization software makes viewing and interacting with enormous data sets more practical.
How Heart-Muscle Devices Are Made
Devices made of heart tissue could screen drug candidates and be used to power implantable robots.
