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Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination

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his early 2017 look ahead from the Mastcam of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes four geological layers to be...

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Thinking thin brings new layering and thermal abilities to the semiconductor industry: In a breakthrough for the semiconductor industry, researchers demonstrate a new layer transfer technique called "controlled spalling" that creates many thin layers from

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The same 20-micron spalled GaN film, demonstrating the film's flexibility.

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Making two out of one: FAU researchers have explained the mechanism behind a process that can increase the efficiency of organic solar cells

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Making two out of one: FAU researchers have explained the mechanism behind a process that can increase the efficiency of organic solar...

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Giant enhancement of electromagnetic waves revealed within small dielectric particles: Scientists have done for the first time direct measurements of giant electromagnetic fields

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Intensity of the magnetic field at the scattering of an electromagnetic wave. The incident wave propagates from left to right as it is...

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Killing cancer in the heat of the moment: A new method efficiently transfers genes into cells, then activates them with light. This could lead to gene therapies for cancers

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This is the delivery and activation of genes by gold nanorods. Gold nanorods coated with charged lipids efficiently bind to DNA and...

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Hubble Pushed Beyond Limits to Spot Clumps of New Stars in Distant Galaxy

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When the universe was young, stars formed at a much higher rate than they do today. By...

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ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space

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he sample here contains hundreds of thousands of nanoparticles that manipulate the incoming light.

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Into the quantum world with a tennis racket: Classical mechanics helps control quantum computers

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The motion of a tennis racket in the air can help predict the behavior of quanta. While the racket rotates 360 degrees about its lateral...

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