Secretive X-37B space plane shares first images from orbit; see photos
For the first time, the US military shared an orbital selfie from its mysterious X-37B space plane, which captured Earth from ...
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This is the oldest image of a bug's brain
In the mid-1670s, Johannes Swammerdam, a Dutch biologist, peered through his microscope at a honeybee's brain and drew what ...
US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane
The military keeps in-flight details on the X-37B relatively quiet. A new photo gives the first look at what the view is from ...
Unique sunrise image at Door County state park wins statewide nature photo contest
The winning image, shot with a fish-eye lens from a a rocky shelf on the Lake Michigan shore, topped a record 770-plus ...
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New microscope can image, at once, the full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells
A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized ...
Round and round they go: At the PRC, ‘A Simple Circle’ pays homage to the beginnings of popular photography
When it comes to the photographic image, rectilinearity is taken as a given — but it wasn’t for George Eastman, the founder ...
Purple sulfur bacteria's unique protein complex boosts photosynthesis in harsh conditions
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein ...
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Butterfly wings inspire new imaging technique for cancer diagnosis
Using the microscopic structures found on the wings of the Morpho butterfly, researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to analyze cancer biopsy samples that could make cancer diagnosis ...
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US Navy releases first known public photograph of Long Range Precision Fires munition
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) published a photograph of a previously unseen munition mounted to a US Marine Corps ...
3D structure of the social amoeba genome sheds light on the transition to multicellularity
Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA. The whole secret lies in the intricate three-dimensional arrangement that allows DNA strands to be efficiently organized and compacted within ...