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Nanowires give 'solar fuel cell' efficiency a tenfold boost: Eindhoven researchers make important step towards a solar cell that generates hydrogen

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Array of nanowires gallium phosphide made with an electron microscope.

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NASA’s New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’

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In the center left of Pluto’s vast heart-shaped feature – informally named “Tombaugh Regio” -...

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Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s 'Heart'

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This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite,...

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U.S. Navy Researchers First to Find Spin Precession in Silicon Nanowires

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False color atomic force microscopy image of a silicon nanowire with the four contacts...

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Plantations of nanorods on carpets of graphene capture the Sun's energy

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This is the microscopic image of the novel 3D photocatalytic material, designed by scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of...

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On the way to breaking the terahertz barrier for graphene nanoelectronics: Simple thermodynamics defines the performance of ultrafast graphene transistors and photodetectors

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Interaction of the terahertz field with graphene leads to efficient electron heating, which in turn strongly changes graphene conductivity...

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Molecular fuel cell catalysts hold promise for efficient energy storage

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A team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has introduced a new fuel cell catalyst approach that uses a molecular catalyst...

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Nanomembranes Boost Efficiency in Wastewater Treatment

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