Science

Making dreams come true: Making graphene from plastic?

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How to manufacture transparent and conductive carbon nanosheet using PIM-1 polymer solution: (a) Quart substrate is being coated with PIM-1...

New Model Presented to Study Postbuckling Behavior of Nano/Microbeams

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3D Map Shows Dusty Structure of the Milky Way

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From top to bottom: Extinction map at 3, 2 and 1 kiloparsec. The map is coloured according to how much dust lies in each...

Comet Pan-STARRS Marches Across the Sky

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NASA's NEOWISE mission captured a series of infrared images of comet C/2012 K1 -- also referred to as comet Pan-STARRS...

OCO-2 Takes the A-Train to Study Earth's Atmosphere

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OCO-2 will become the leader of the Afternoon Constellation, or A-Train, as shown in this artist's concept. Japan's...

A Stellar Womb Shaped and Destroyed by its Ungrateful Offspring

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The little-known cloud of cosmic gas and dust called Gum 15 is the birthplace and home of hot young stars. Beautiful and deadly,...

Black Hole Fireworks in Nearby Galaxy

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A galaxy about 23 million light-years away is the site of impressive, ongoing, fireworks. Rather than paper, powder, and...

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Lifts Off

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The test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator rides on a balloon to high altitudes above Hawaii...