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New Nanomaterials Taking Research to Mexico, Possibly into Space

A National Science Foundation grant of $410,000 will help Hirst and Ghosh study the fundamental physics behind the capsules that form when the two materials are combined.

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Berkeley Lab to Investigate Link between Thirdhand Smoke and Cancer

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers have been awarded $1.3 million for two sets of studies to better understand the health impacts of thirdhand smoke, the noxious residue that clings to virtually all indoor surfaces long...

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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.

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A Different Type of 2D Semiconductor

To the growing list of two-dimensional semiconductors, such as graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide, whose unique electronic properties make them potential successors to silicon in future devices, you can now add hybrid organic-inorganic...

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Iranian Scientists Use Polymeric Nanocomposites as Substitute for Steel Tanks

Nowadays, the creation of nuclear wastes and radioactive contaminants is inevitable due to the significant progresses in nuclear industry and its application in various industries and medical and agricultural issues. It is necessary to store or...

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A different type of 2-D semiconductor: Berkeley Lab researchers produce first ultrathin sheets of perovskite hybrids

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have successfully grown atomically thin 2D sheets of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites from solution. The ultrathin sheets are of high quality...

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Celebrating Hubble and the Spirit of Exploration

Before April 24, 1990, seeing photos of space from space was not an option. Since then however, as spectators we’ve seen some photos that are nearly unimaginable. Why is that date so special? It was the date the Hubble Space Telescope was launched...

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Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes

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Large-scale crossbedding in the sandstone of this ridge on a lower slope of Mars' Mount Sharp is typical of windblown sand...

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