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FameLab at AbSciConJune 12, 2015
Top view of a channel surrounding a water-filled pore embedded in a membrane. This picture is a snapshot from molecular dynamics computer simulations. Credit: Pohorille et. al., NAI Annual Report 2012
Co-Evolution of Membrane Proteins and MetabolismJune 11, 2015
A 3-D view of a model protocell (a primitive cell) approximately 100 nanometers in diameter modeled by a team of researchers at Harvard University. Credit: Janet Iwasa/NSF
Molecular Crowding and Early EvolutionJune 10, 2015
A process known as intramolecular nucleosidation led to high yields of the molecule orotidine. This process could have implications for the prebiotic formation of nucleosides. Credit: Kima and Krishnamurthy (2015)
Steps Toward Making NucleosidesJune 7, 2015
Artist concept of the early Earth. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Impact Synthesis of RNA BasesJune 5, 2015
Zoë sets out bravely in the Atacama. Credit: A. Wang
Building a Smarter RoverJune 4, 2015
William J. Borucki awarded 2015 Shaw Prize. Credit: Service to American Medals/NASA
Borucki Awarded 2015 Shaw PrizeJune 4, 2015
A new study shows that changes in the oxygen content at the ocean's surface may have led to an extinction event at the end of the Triassic. Image Credit: NASA
Euxinia in the End Triassic OceanJune 3, 2015
Drawing of Faraday disk, the first homopolar generator, invented by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1831. Credit: Émile Alglave & J. Boulard (1884) The Electric Light: Its History, Production, an
Conservation of Energy in Electromagnetic FieldsJune 3, 2015
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This cloud of interstellar dust cannot be seen directly in visible light, bu
Hydrogen in Interstellar Ice MantlesJune 2, 2015
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Distributing Marine Bivalves and GastropodsJune 1, 2015
NJ phylogram, starting with 172 representative taxa, limited to only the 23 taxa found in the agreement subtrees for the 100 replicate trees formed using iterations of six predicted orthologs. Credit:
The Order of GenesMay 29, 2015
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