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Using single quantum dots to probe nanowires: Lighting up plasmonic wires with nanometer accuracy

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(a) This is an optical image of the microfluidic crossed-channel device. Flow in the center control region (dashed circle) is manipulated in...

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Small Asteroid to Whiz Past Earth Safely

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Diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013.

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Penn Research Shows Mechanism Behind Wear at the Atomic Scale

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An illustration of a silicon AFM tip sliding over a diamond surface, with a TEM image of the tip inset.

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Tokyo Institute of Technology research: Photoactive micelles

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Schematic representation of spherical assemblies. a) A standard micelle composed of string-like detergents. b) An aromatic micelle composed...

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Production of Nanocomposite Films for Packaging Foodstuff with Photocatalytic Ability

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Iranian researchers produced a new type of clay-titanium oxide nanocomposite films which improve the blocking properties of normal...

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Andromeda’s coat of many colours

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Cool Andromeda

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Cool Andromeda

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Rice technique points toward 2-D devices: Researchers create fine patterns that combine single-atom-thick graphene, boron nitride

46808_0.jpgAn atom-thick Rice Owl (scale bar equals 100 micrometers) was created to show the ability to make fine patterns in hybrid graphene/hexagonal...

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