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Physicists collide ultracold atoms to observe key quantum principle

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University of Otago physicist Niels Kjærgaard and his team have used extremely precisely controlled laser beams to confine, accelerate...

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Veggie juice that illuminates the gut: The medical imaging drink, developed to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal illnesses, is made of concentrated chlorophyll, the pigment that makes spinach green

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A new University at Buffalo-led study suggests that chlorophyll-based nanoparticles are an effective imaging agent for the gut.

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Germs add ripples to make 'groovy' graphene: New nanomaterial conducts differently at right angles

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Atomic force microscopy image of a graphene sheet draped over a Bacillus bacterium (left). The bacterium is about 1 micron or 1/25,000 of...

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Astronomers find evidence for 'direct collapse' black hole

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An image based on a supercomputer simulation of the cosmological environment where primordial gas...

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University of Illinois researchers demonstrate tunable wetting and adhesion of graphene

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Doping-induced tunable wetting of graphene.

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'Origami' is reshaping DNA's future: Three leading researchers discuss how DNA may be used as a building material to help us develop a new generation of medicines, build electronic devices and probe the mysteries of proteins

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While the design certainly elicited some chuckles, Paul Rothemund’s DNA orgami method, introduced 10 years ago, gave researchers a fast and...

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Frosty Cold Nights Year-Round on Mars May Stir Dust

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This map shows the frequency of carbon dioxide frost's presence at sunrise on Mars, as a percentage of days year-round....

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Setting a satellite to catch a satellite

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e.Deorbit closing on target satellite

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