Science

Diamonds are technologists' best friends: Researchers from the Lomonosov Moscow State University have grown needle- and thread-like diamonds and studied their useful properties

Researchers from the Faculty of Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, have described structural peculiarities of micrometer size diamond crystals of needle- and thread-like shapes, and their interrelation with luminescence features and...

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Stability challenge in perovskite solar cell technology: New research reveals intrinsic instability issues of iodine-containing perovskite solar cells

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The schematic drawing showing that various factors (e.g., moisture, oxygen, light illumination, applied electric field, etc.) during the...

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Advance in intense pulsed light sintering opens door to improved electronics manufacturing

Taking a deeper look at photonic sintering of silver nanoparticle films -- the use of intense pulsed light, or IPL, to rapidly fuse functional conductive nanoparticles -- scientists uncovered a relationship between film temperature and densification....

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Pan-STARRS Releases Largest Digital Sky Survey to the World

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UN invited to monitor and assist fresh evacuation efforts under way in war-ravaged Aleppo

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One of six mobile clinics provided by WHO to deliver health services to people fleeing violence in Aleppo,...

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Researchers, ski safety experts develop new tool that maps potential avalanches

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A researcher prepares to use a laser scanning (lidar) unit to scan snow depth at the Arapahoe Ski Basin Ski area in...

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Antarctic Site Promises to Open a New Window on the Cosmos

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Sea ice hits record lows

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The graph above shows daily Arctic sea ice extent as of December 5, 2016, along with daily ice...

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