The entrants in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition provide fitting tribute to nearly 1,000 years of making the invisible visible. These six videos include one winner and five Honorable Mentions.

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Graphene has been a hot topic in physics and materials science since its discovery five years ago . The sheets of carbon, just an atom thick, have a host of intriguing properties , including transparency, strength and a structure that lets electrons zip through almost unimpeded. Graphene's characteristics and near two-dimensionality recommend it for use in next-generation displays, electronics or structural composites , but like many materials du jour, it has yet to find applications on a significant scale. [More]

A NASA rover mired in soft soil on Mars made its first escape attempt in months Tuesday, but the maneuver lasted less than a second before safety precautions shut it down. [More]

A NASA rover mired in soft soil on Mars made its first escape attempt in months Tuesday, but the maneuver lasted less than a second before safety precautions shut it down. [More]



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Volcanic activity more recent than expected, MESSENGER flyby shows

Extending a bird-watching system, a team devises method for real-time spotting of potentially dangerous debris during launch

By detecting gamma rays, a new generation of telescopes bolsters theory that supernovas are origin of some cosmic rays