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Avoiding the Crack of Doom: New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scale

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The researchers compared calculated images of single molecules in different orientations (left) with experimental ones (right) to determine...

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Exotic spiraling electrons discovered by physicists: Rutgers-led research could lead to advances in lighting and solar cells

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The two types of 'chiral surface excitons' are on the right and left side of the image. They are generated by right- and left-handed light...

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Straightforward biosynthesis of functional bulk nanocomposites

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The biosynthesis strategy of functional bulk nanocomposites. a, Scheme of the bioreactor. Aerosols of liquid nutrient and nanoscale...

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Kanazawa University research: Chirality inversion in a helical molecule at controlled speeds

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Scheme 1 from the paper

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Physicists uncover new competing state of matter in superconducting material

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Ames Laboratory researchers used laser pulses of less than a trillionth of a second in much the same way as flash photography, in order to...

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DNA design that anyone can do: Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure

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MIT researchers have devised a technique that “reverse engineers” complex 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) models — breaking them down into...

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Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar

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These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17, by coordinating observations...

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E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats

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A wound covered by an electric bandage on a rat's skin (top left) healed faster than a wound under a control bandage (right).

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