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Rover_drop.jpg This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASAs Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18,...

Proof-of-concept project paves the way for the integration of molecules with computer chips Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to precisely place microscopic devices formed from folded DNA molecules in not only a specific location but also in a specific orientation. As a proof-of-concept, they arranged more than 3,000 glowing moon-shaped nanoscale molecular devices into a flower-shaped instrument for indicating the polarization of light. Each of 12 petals pointed in a differe...

Image001.png This screen capture shows the first image received from NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover following its successful landing on the Red Planet on...

For the last 10 months, the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has been on a long and lonely journey through space, headed for its ultimate destination:...

Watch live coverage as the Mars 2020 mission carries the rover Perseverance and the first-of-its-kind helicopter Ingenuity to the surface of the Red...

Date Time Student-Led Moon Dust Shield Team Named Finalist in NASA Competition Moon dust, the fine, fluffy powder covering the moon, is the stuff of imagination, the subject of scientific inquiry, and potential building block for lunar colonies. It is also a menace to exploration. As astronauts walk across the moon, land spacecraft on its surface, drive lunar rovers around, or complete other astronaut tasks, they kick up the dust, and that is a problem because it can cause premature wear on mec...

Gibb owned the home in the 1970s until he sold it to a horticulturist in 1983 The home was originally built in 1926 and designed by famed architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue The property spans 6.8 acres and includes private beach waterfront and a 200ft-deep water dock One of the most interesting features of the home is a hidden door in the library which leads to a speakeasy 

Date Time Leading universities launch joint technology licensing program USC has joined a coalition of leading research universities that aims to boost the transfer of researchers’ patented technologies and inventions to companies. All told, 15 universities are members of the limited liability corporation University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP): USC, Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, SUNY Binghamton, UC Berkeley, UCLA and Yal...

Executive Summary Espionage poses a threat to national security and the private property rights of Americans. The government should address the threat of espionage in a manner whereby the benefits of government actions taken to reduce it outweigh the costs of those actions. To aid in that goal, this policy analysis presents the first combined database of all identified spies who targeted both the U.S. government and private organizations on U.S. soil. This analysis identifies 1,485 spies on A...

Retired admiral held fond memories of USS Oklahoma Joe Todd Historian With COVID-19 precautions in place, historian Joe Todd has been unable to conduct interviews with veterans. This is an interview with retired Rear Adm. Harry Carson, which Todd conducted on Oct. 27, 1988, in New Orleans. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Harry Carson was born on Nov. 22, 1902, in Franklin, Louisiana. His father was chaplain of the hospital in the Canal Zone and moved the family to...