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NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists.

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Solving an organic semiconductor mystery: Berkeley Lab researchers uncover hidden structures in domain interfaces that hamper performance

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Sketch of organic semiconductor thin film shows that the interfacial region between larger domains (blue and green) consists of randomly...

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'Lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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This annotated image shows where features seen in an observation by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have been interpreted as...

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Rice-sized laser, powered one electron at a time, bodes well for quantum computing

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Princeton University researchers have built a rice grain-sized microwave laser.

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Titania Nanocoating Helps Surface Modification of Artificial Bones

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Carbon Nanotubes Increase Efficiency of Solar Cells

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Graphene plasmons go ballistic: Graphene combined with the insulting power of boron nitride enables light control in tiny circuits with dramatically reduced energy loss

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This image shows simulation and observations of propagating plasmons in boron nitride heterostructure.

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Iran Designs Magnetic Nano-Absorbents Cleaning Chemical Pollutants

Sarah Karimi Behzad, a mineral chemistry student at the university and lead author of the study, said that the Nano-absorbent is separated from the environment in less than a second and can be reused.

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