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A breakthrough in imaging gold nanoparticles to atomic resolution by electron microscopy

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This is a visualization of the atomic structure of the Au68 gold nanoparticle determined by electron microscopy. The colored spheres denote...

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Shaping the Future of Nanocrystals: Berkeley Lab Researchers Obtain First Direct Observation of Facet Formation in Nanocubes

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Berkeley Lab researchers found that differences in ligand mobility during crystallization cause the low index facets – {100}, {110} and {...

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Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton

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The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, in the summer of 1989. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lunar...

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Mars Rover Team Chooses Not to Drill 'Bonanza King'

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This image from the front Hazcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the rover's drill in place during a test of whether...

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Ultrasonic Waves Applied in Production of Graphene Nanosheets

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Newly-Developed Nanobiosensor Quickly Diagnoses Cancer

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A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation

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This image, captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows two dramatic star formation regions...

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Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows

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Satellites observed the largest ozone...

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