Science

High-performance, NW-OPTs open the way for optoelectronic device miniaturization

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Schematic diagram of single-crystalline nanowire organic phototransistors

Blue Bursts of Hot Young Stars Captured by Hubble

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Temp-controlled 'nanopores' may allow detailed blood analysis

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By tethering gold nanoparticles (large spheres in top image) to the nanopore (violet), the temperature around the nanopore can be changed...

University of Illinois researchers develop novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale

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Atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) of polymer nanostructures.

Russian Scientists Might Have Found New Life Under Antarctic Ice

Russian scientists say they might have found new life forms in a fresh-water Antarctic lake that has been sealed off from the world for 14 million years.

Measuring the Universe More Accurately Than Ever Before — New results pin down the distance to the galaxy next door

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Biobatteries catch breath

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New air-breathing cathode for miniaturised biofuel cells, developed by a team of researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the...

Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March

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For those in search of comet L4 PANSTARRS, look to the west after sunset in early and mid-March...