Science

Tracking Space Weather Before It Reaches Earth

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This image of the sun from January 7, 2014, combines a picture of the sun captured by NASA’s Solar...

Discovery of nanotubes offers new clues about cell-to-cell communication

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Discovery of nanotubes offers new clues about cell-to-cell communication.

Nanospiked bacteria are the brightest hard X-ray emitters

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This image shows a 10,000 fold enhanced X-ray emission from nanoparticle doped bacteria, from plasma generated by intense ultra short...

Producing spin-entangled electrons

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False color scanning electron microscope image of the device.
The two green spots are the quantum dots located in the gap between the...

Measurement of Tiny Amounts of Heavy Metals in Baby Food Samples

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Helium 'balloons' offer new path to control complex materials

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Inserting helium atoms (visualized as a red balloon) into a crystalline film (gold) allowed Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers to...

Building a better semiconductor: Research led by Michigan State University could someday lead to the development of new and improved semiconductors

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MSU researchers have found that by shooting an ultrafast laser pulse into a material, it can change its properties, a process that can lead...

Green Chemistry Methods Used in Iran to Produce Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

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