Science

Quick Detour by NASA Mars Rover Checks Ancient Valley

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This map shows the route on lower Mount Sharp that NASA's Curiosity followed in April and early May 2015, in the context of the surrounding...

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Penn and UC Merced researchers match physical and virtual atomic friction experiments

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Studying atomic scale friction, teams from Penn and UC Merced helped slow experiments and fast simulations meet in the middle.

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NASA Selects Advanced Space Technology Concepts for Further Study

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This artist's rendering depicts 2015 NIAC Phase I Fellow Mason Peck's soft-robotic rover for planetary environments for missions that...

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Electrons corralled using new quantum tool: 'Whispering gallery' effect confines electrons, could provide basis for new electron-optics devices

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Putting a new spin on plasmonics: Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects

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Magnetic nanoparticles arranged in arrays put a twist on light: depending on the distance between the nanoparticles, one frequency of light...

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Attosecond physics: A new gateway to the microcosmos

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The novel ytterbium:yttrium-aluminium-garnet thin-disk laser emits light pulses lasting 7.7 femtoseconds and consisting of 2.2 optical...

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Channeling valleytronics in graphene: Berkeley Lab researchers discover 1-D conducting channels in bilayer graphene

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In this near-field infrared nanoscopy image of bilayer graphene, domain walls are revealed by bright lines that arise because of the walls...

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Field-effect transistors on hybrid perovskites fabricated for first time

"We designed the structure of these field-effect transistors that allowed us to achieve electrostatic gating of these materials and determine directly their electrical properties," said lead author, Oana Jurchescu, an assistant professor of physics at...

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