Science

Europe sending crude oil into space to study Earth’s depths

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Jiuquan launch centre

Ruthenium nanoframes open the doors to better catalysts

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Using a two-part process, chemist Xiaohu Xia and his team found a way to turn ruthenium into a nanoframe, a promising metal catalyst.

Artificial molecules

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Artificial molecules are shown. The individual components are marked with different fluorescent dyes (molecule size: 2-7 micrometres;...

Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale: Columbia-led research team first to demonstrate a strong, non-contact heat transfer channel using light with performances that could lead to high efficiency electricity generation

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This is a video of the high-precision micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) used to control the distance between two beams at different...

A Planet Is Forming in an Earth-like Orbit around a Young Star

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Trigger for Milky Way's Youngest Supernova Identified

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Milky Way Nuclear Star Cluster

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Computer simulation discloses new effect of cavitation: Steam bubbles in fast flowing fluids obviously also result from chemical surface properties; use for reducing wear in pumps and plain bearings

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A cavitation bubble is formed in the lubricant between the oil-attracting (yellow) and the oil-repellent surface (black). When used as a...