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Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice

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A cross-section of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope that appears bright blue in this enhanced-color view...

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New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals: Researchers observe, for the first time, topological effects unique to an “open” system

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A drawing illustrates the unusual topological landscape around a pair of features known as exceptional points (red dots), showing the...

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First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast

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The first six hexagonal segments for the main mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) have been successfully cast by...

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APL Plans Next New Year's Eve: In the Kuiper Belt, with New Horizons

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Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object that...

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Ultrafine fibers have exceptional strength: New technique developed at MIT could produce strong, resilient nanofibers for many applications

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A diagram of the device used to produce the fibers shows a heated syringe (left) through which the solution is extruded, and a chamber (...

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Study boosts hope for cheaper fuel cells: Rice University researchers show how to optimize nanomaterials for fuel-cell cathodes

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Simulations by Rice University scientists show how carbon nanomaterials may be optimized to replace expensive platinum in cathodes for...

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Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface

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Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of...

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Stellar Nursery Blooms into View

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The OmegaCAM camera on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless...

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