Science

Big Results Require Big Ambitions: Three young UCSB faculty receive CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation

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This image depicts a nanoemulsion being used to template sophisticated materials

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NASA Mars Spacecraft Ready for Sept. 21 Orbit Insertion

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This artist concept depicts the process of orbital insertion of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft...

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Five Things About NASA's ISS-RapidScat

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ISS-RapidScat will have a close-up view of ocean winds from its perch on the International Space Station, as...

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Elusive Quantum Transformations Found Near Absolute Zero: Brookhaven Lab and Stony Brook University researchers measured the quantum fluctuations behind a novel magnetic material's ultra-cold ferromagnetic phase transition

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Rendering of the near–perfect crystal structure of the yttrium–iron–aluminum compound used in the study. The two–dimensional layers of...

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'Squid skin' metamaterials project yields vivid color display: Rice lab creates RGB color display technology with aluminum nanorods

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Rice researchers tune the color output of each array both by varying the length of the nanorods and by adjusting the length of the spaces...

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UT Arlington research uses nanotechnology to help cool electrons with no external sources

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A chip, which contains nanoscale structures that enable electron cooling at room temperature, is pictured.

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Advanced Light Source Sets Microscopy Record| Berkeley Lab Researchers Achieve Highest Resolution Ever with X-ray Microscopy

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Ptychographic image using soft X-rays of lithium iron phosphate nanocrystal after partial dilithiation. The delithiated region is shown in...

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain

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