Science

How Computers Push on the Molecules They Simulate

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Dynamic computer simulations of molecular systems depend on finite time steps, but these introduce apparent extra...

Billions and Billions of Planets

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An assortment of planets beyond our solar system is depicted in this artist's concept.

The guide to biomolecular movie-making

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Scanning electron microscope images show two different designs of cantilever tip used by Ando and co-workers for high-speed atomic force...

ALMA Sheds Light on Planet-Forming Gas Streams

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Surprise Pancake Structure in Andromeda Galaxy Upends Galactic Understanding

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This composite shows the alignment of the satellite galaxies of Andromeda, in relation...

Flexible, light solar cells could provide new opportunities: MIT researchers develop a new approach using graphene sheets coated with nanowires

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Illustration shows the layered structure of the new device, starting with a flexible layer of graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon material. A...

Nanoparticles reach new peaks: Rice University researchers show short laser pulses selectively heat gold nanoparticles

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Rice University researchers found that pulsed (or "nonstationary") lasers could narrow the response spectra of 60-nanometer-wide gold...

Iranian Scientists Produce Glutamate Biosensor by Using Carbon Nanotubes

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