ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
Graphene sheets capture cells efficiently
New method could enable pinpoint diagnostics on individual blood cells. [caption id="attachment_11702" align="alignnone" width="639"] Mild heating of graphene oxide sheets makes it possible to bond particular compounds to the sheets’ surface, a new study shows.…
A simple nose for noxious gases
Tunable porous MOF materials interface with electrodes to sound the alarm at the first sniff of hydrogen sulfide. [caption id="attachment_11697" align="alignnone" width="645"] A carefully tuned MOF can detect the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas with…
3-D printing with plants
World’s most abundant polymer could rival petroleum-based plastics as source of printing feedstock. [caption id="attachment_11693" align="alignnone" width="639"] This image from a scanning electron microscope shows a cross section of an object printed using cellulose. The…
Volkswagen’s excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature…
Countries hit hardest by automaker’s emissions scandal include Germany, Poland, France, and Czech Republic. [caption id="attachment_11689" align="alignnone" width="639"] A production line in a Volkswagen factory in Poland. Scientists at MIT and elsewhere report that the…