Science

NASA Snow Mapper Reaps Big Benefits for California

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Spatial distribution of snow water equivalent across the Tuolumne River Basin from April 10 to June 1, 2013 as...

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Recycled Plastic Proves Effective in Killing Drug-Resistant Fungi: IBN and IBM discover new medical application for converted PET bottles

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The novel small molecule compounds readily form nanofibers with strong antifungal capability.

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Study Links Arctic Melting, Extreme Weather

As ice at the North Pole disappears at an alarming rate, some researchers are finding a link between that phenomenon and recent bouts of extreme weather. A new study suggests rapid warming in the Arctic may be altering weather patterns across the...

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The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip

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An artist's concept of the heliospheric current sheet, which becomes more wavy when the sun's magnetic field flips.

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Optical Quality Improvement of Electrical Circuits’ Electrode Zinc Oxide Nanowires

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Study shows how water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule: International team uses computers, experiments to better predict chemical dissolution

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The dissolution process of a crystalline structure in water is shown: two bonded SiO4 -- molecules dissolve (top left), a quartz crystal (...

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Laser light at useful wavelengths from semiconductor nanowires: Nanowire lasers could work with silicon chips, optical fibers, even living cells

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TUM researchers have demonstrated that semiconductor nanowires like the one shown here can act both as lasers, generating coherent pulses...

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Goddard Planetary Instruments Score a Hat Trick

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Three mass spectrometers built at Goddard were operating on the same day at the moon, on Mars and en...

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