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This artist's impression shows NEO Surveyor in deep space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NEO Surveyor Mission: NASA's Pioneering Planetary Defense Effort

The preplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NSF

Target board or donut? Iron meteorites reveal the early form of our solar system

The formation of our solar system involved the accretion of gas and dust into a preplanetary disk, with meteorites providing important insights into its early composition.
Prof. Uri Rasovsky and his team. Self-portrait

through the body

Researchers are examining whether aerobic physical activity, which increases the level of oxytocin, the hormone of love and connection in the body, may improve the social functioning of those suffering from schizophrenia
merging galaxies. Image: shutterstock

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way may have a friend

Scientists from the University of California at Los Angeles - UCLA discovered that dendrites (shown here in green) are not just passive conduits for electrical currents between nerve cells. Photo: Shelley Halpain / UC San Diego

The brain is 10 times more active than previously thought

Comparing slightly genetically different brains. Illustration: Paul Thompson, UCLA

Genetic variants build a smarter brain

Silver nanowires, the new basis for transparent displays. Photo: UCLA University

An innovative method for producing transparent and flexible electrodes

Fast graphene transistor. Illustration: IBM

A world record in graphene-based transistors

Two-state rotaxane ferrites designed by UCLA's J. Fraser Stoddart lab function as a switch (right) and enable ultra-dense storage of 160 kilobits on a 400x400 nanowire lattice (left)

Nanomachines consisting of a single prodn

The polymer chains protect and shield the membrane surface below them

A revolutionary membrane for water desalination

Artist's impression of an aquareovirus image as computed by Cryo-EM 3-D

An innovative microscope capable of distinguishing individual atoms

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Scientists have extended the life of worms 6 times