Science

First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life: Berkeley Lab research provides comprehensive description of ultra-small bacteria

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This cryo-electron tomography image reveals the internal structure of an ultra-small bacteria cell like never before. The cell has a very...

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Living on the Edge: Stars Found Far from Galaxy Center

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The newfound young star clusters lie thousands of light-years below the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, a flat spiral disk seen...

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New Threat Center to Integrate Cyber Intelligence

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A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency image represents DARPA’s High-Assurance...

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In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability: Nanoparticle coatings improve stability, cyclability of '3DOm' carbon

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Chemists from Boston College and UMass Amherst applied two nano-scale coatings to a unique form of carbon, known as 3DOm. The resulting...

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New nanowire structure absorbs light efficiently: Dual-type nanowire arrays can be used in applications such as LEDs and solar cells

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Initially the substrate is prepared by depositing Au nanoparticles on it and covering it with a hole-patterned oxide. The first nanowires...

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Learning by eye: Silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells

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The scanning electron microscopies (SEM) show how regularly the funnels etched in a silicon substrate are arranged (left: the line segment...

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Purification of Industrial Wastewater Using Visible-Light Sensitive Photocatalysts

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Ultra-thin nanowires can trap electron 'twisters' that disrupt superconductors

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This illustration depicts a short row of vortices held in place between the edges of a nanowire developed by Johns Hopkins scientists.

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