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Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It
11:40AM Rosa Golijan | If I could visualise nanoparticles, I’d think of them as crime bosses because apparently they can mess with DNA without ever having direct interaction. Like a true godfather, a nanoparticle commands obeying molecules to do the dirty work. More »
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7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here are two galleries for you, both taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More »
We’re Not So Different, Earth And Mars
7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here are two galleries for you, both taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More »
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Laser-Etched Fruit And Vegetables Could Replace Sticker Labels
2:40PM Sean Fallon | It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I’ll be dammed if those stupid stickers are not extremely annoying. Fortunately for people who actually eat fruit and vegetables from time to time, low-energy laser etching may be the answer. More »
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LaserMotive First To Win NASA’s $US900,000 Space Elevator Prize
11:20AM Sean Fallon | LaserMotive’s photovoltaic-powered machine became the first in the three-year history of NASA’s space elevator contest to climb a 900m-long ribbon, securing a prize of $US900,000. However, they fell short of the $US2 million grand prize. More »
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Large Hadron Collider Overheats Due To Dropped Chunk Of Bread
10:40AM Rosa Golijan | Yesterday the Large Hadron Collider overheated, but it wasn’t because of a software error or terrorism. It was because a bird dropped a piece of bread onto some outdoor equipment. More »
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New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | Mars isn’t exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet’s surface we’re able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost. More »
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Scientists Mapping Out 10,000 Animal Genomes For “Genetic Zoo”
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | On the tail-end of news that all of the HIV genome and 98% of the pig genome has been decoded, scientists are announcing that they’ve got a plan to collect and sequence the DNA of 10,000 vertebrate species. More »
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Cheap, Printed Solar-Powered LEDs Could Change 1.5 Billion Lives
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Photovoltaic cells printed on sheets aren’t news, nor are LEDs and ultrathin lithium batteries. What’s news is a combination of the three which can help give light to 1.5 billion people who live in impoverished areas without access to electricity. More »
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Electronic Circuits That Melt Into Your Body
2:48AM Jesus Diaz | It makes me nervous too. I’m not so keen on the idea of circuits enveloped in a silk substrate, which melts into your body leaving just nanometres-thick layers of electronics. But it’s for the best, trust me on this one. More »
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5:33AM Adam Frucci | Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 42,000km and pieced together over 3000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled. More »
Feel Insignificant With A 648MP Image Of Our Galaxy
5:33AM Adam Frucci | Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 42,000km and pieced together over 3000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled. More » 
