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Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster

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Computer simulation discloses new effect of cavitation: Steam bubbles in fast flowing fluids obviously also result from chemical surface properties; use for reducing wear in pumps and plain bearings

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A cavitation bubble is formed in the lubricant between the oil-attracting (yellow) and the oil-repellent surface (black). When used as a...

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Engineering black gold, as light as the bones of birds

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These are SME images that show the formation of nanoporosity in free corrosion dealloying for gold samples.

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Scientists Part the Clouds on How Droplets Form

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Cloud droplets form when the amount of water vapor reaches a threshold value. Larger cloud droplets...

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New open source software for high resolution microscopy: Bielefeld physicists report their new development in Nature Communications

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The images show a liver cell before and after processing the data with the software developed at Bielefeld University.

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Newly discovered organic nanowires leave manmade technologies in their dust

The discovery, featured in the current issue of Scientific Reports, describes the high-speed protein fiber produced by uranium-reducing Geobacter bacteria. The fibers are hair-like protein filaments called "pili" that have the unique property of...

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Entanglement becomes easier to measure: New protocol to detect entanglement of many-particle quantum states

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Quantum systems consisting of many particles can enter highly intricate states with strong so-called multiparticle entanglement. A new-...

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Solar fuels: A refined protective layer for the 'artificial leaf'

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The illustration shows the structure of the sample: n-doped silicon layer (black), a thin silicon oxide layer (gray), an intermediate layer...

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