Science

Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities

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Electron microscope picture of wurtzite GaA/AIGaAs core-shell nanowires.

Effects of Carbon Nanotubes Studied on Pregnant Mothers

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Salt marsh, Kazakhstan

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Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles

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This image shows a virus nested within fullerene cages called carbon onions.

Scientists in Singapore develop novel ultra-fast electrical circuits using light-generated tunneling currents

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A focused electron beam (in yellow) was used to characterise the structures and to probe the optical properties of two plasmonic resonators...

Beauty from chaos

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Osuga Valles

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Hubble Stretches Stellar Tape Measure 10 Times Farther into Space

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Faraway Moon or Faint Star? Possible Exomoon Found

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Researchers have detected the first "exomoon" candidate -- a moon orbiting a planet that lies outside our solar system....