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Study Maps Hidden Water Pollution in U.S. Coastal Areas

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U.S. coastal areas where freshwater and seawater mix unseen below ground, making them vulnerable to ocean and/or...

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Carbon nanotube 'stitches' make stronger, lighter composites: Method to reinforce these materials could help make airplane frames lighter, more damage-resistant

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The researchers’ technique integrates a scaffold of carbon nanotubes within a polymer glue. They first grew a forest of vertically-aligned...

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Is Earthly Life Premature from a Cosmic Perspective?

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Synthetic vaccine particles immune tolerance mechanism published in Nature Nanotechnology: Antigen-specific targeting of the immune system offers new treatment approach to improve efficacy and safety profile of biologic drugs

"Undesired immune responses affect both the efficacy and safety of marketed biologic therapies and the development of otherwise promising new technologies. Selecta's SVP platform positions the company to enhance biologic therapy and to advance a...

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Dutch radio antenna to depart for the moon on Chinese mission

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The satellite rotates around a fixed point behind the moon – the second Lagrange, or L2, point...

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Scientists find a way of acquiring graphene-like films from salts to boost nanoelectronics: Physicists use supercomputers to find a way of making 'imitation graphene' from salt

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Transition from a cubic arrangement into several hexagonal layers.

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NASA Orders Second SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space Station

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This artist's concept shows a SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the International Space Station, as it will during a mission for NASA's...

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Scientists change properties of zeolites to improve hemodialysis

The scientists examined synthetic zeolite powder manufactured by SAPO-34 and natural zeolite of Tokay deposits (Hungary)

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