Science

Rice builds nanotube photodetector: Project with Sandia National Laboratories leads to promising optoelectronic device

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This illustration shows an array of parallel carbon nanotubes 300 micrometers long that are attached to electrodes and display unique...

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Changing Shape Makes Chemotherapy Drugs Better at Targeting Cancer Cells: Researchers at UC Santa Barbara find that making anti-cancer drug particles rod-shaped significantly increases their ability to target and inhibit breast cancer cells

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Home-Made Traffic Nanopaints Used in Longest Iranian Tunnel

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The municipality of Tehran used traffic nanopaints produced by Pishgaman Fanavari Asia Company on the surface of the passages in Niyayesh...

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Connecting the (quantum) dots: New spin technique moves researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Delft University of Technology closer to creating the first viable high-speed quantum computer

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This graphic displays spin qubits within a nanowire.

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NASA and JPL Contribute to European Jupiter Mission

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The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE (Artist impression )

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Hubble Sees a Glowing Jet From A Young Star

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UC Santa Barbara Scientists Develop A Whole New Way of Harvesting Energy from the Sun

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The process by which light is captured by the gold nanorod, and converted into energy that can spilt water (H2O) into hydrogen and oxygen...

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Brookhaven Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II Achieves LEED Gold Certification: Citation recognizes 'green' design, energy efficiency of Brookhaven's newest building

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