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Bipolar Disorder Discovery at the Nano Level: Tiny structures found in brain synapses help scientists better understand disorder

Scientists used a new super-resolution imaging method -- the same method recognized with the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry -- to peer deep into brain tissue from mice with bipolar-like behaviors. In the synapses (where communication between brain...

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Super stable garnet ceramics may be ideal for high-energy lithium batteries

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ORNL researchers used scanning transmission electron microscopy to take an atomic-level look at a cubic garnet material called LLZO that...

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Detecting Cancer Earlier is Goal of Rutgers-Developed Medical Imaging Technology: Rare earth nanocrystals and infrared light can reveal small cancerous tumors and cardiovascular lesions

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Rare-earth nanoparticles encapsulated in albumin shells glow under infrared light.

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Imaging electric charge propagating along microbial nanowires

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UMass Amherst researchers recently provided stronger evidence than ever before to support their claim that the microbe Geobacter produces...

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Removal of Limitations of Composites at Superheat Temperatures

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Nanotechnology Improves Quality of Anti-Corrosive Coatings

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Superconducting circuits, simplified: New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips

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Shown here is a square-centimeter chip containing the nTron adder, which performed the first computation using the researchers' new...

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NASA's Opportunity Rover Gets Panorama Image at 'Wdowiak Ridge'

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This vista from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows "Wdowiak Ridge," from left foreground to center, as part of a northward...

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