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Furnace accelerator startup develops anti-fogging technology

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After one hour and 19 minutes, there is no fog on the area of the visor where VitreOx has been applied.

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Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

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An illustration of a single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocating through a silicon nitride nanopore.

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NASA's Fermi, Swift See 'Shockingly Bright' Burst

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The maps in this animation show how the sky looks at gamma-ray energies above 100...

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'Going negative' pays for nanotubes: Rice University lab finds possible keys to better nanofibers, films

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Crown ether “cages” trap potassium ions but leave nanotubes with a repellant negative charge in solutions that will be valuable for...

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How graphene and friends could harness the Sun’s energy

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China Receives US$95 Million Grant to End Production of Ozone-Depleting Global-Warming Gases to help Meet its Targets under the Montreal Protocol

China, the world's largest producer of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC), received a US $95 million grant on April 23, 2013 to help reduce its production of HCFCs. These substances, used primarily in refrigeration and air-conditioning and in the...

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'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at Saturn

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This is an artist's concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from Cassini magnetospheric imaging instrument....

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'Going negative' pays for nanotubes: Rice University lab finds possible keys to better nanofibers, films

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Crown ether “cages” trap potassium ions but leave nanotubes with a repellant negative charge in solutions that will be valuable for forming...

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