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Nano-Cone Textures Generate Extremely "Robust" Water-Repellent Surfaces: Surfaces with differently shaped nanoscale textures may yield improved materials for applications in transportation, energy, and diagnostics

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Side view scanning electron microscope image of a silicon surface textured with (a) cylindrical pillars and (b) nanocones.

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Hubble Watched a Pulsating Stellar Relic

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A Giant Misalignment in a Multiple Planet System

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Graphical sketch of the Kepler-56 system. The line of sight from Earth is illustrated by the dashed line, and...

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Modification of Surface of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Biocompatible Materials

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Mixing nanoparticles to make multifunctional materials: Standardized technique opens remarkable opportunities for 'mix and match' materials fabrication

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DNA linkers allow different kinds of nanoparticles to self-assemble and form relatively large-scale nanocomposite arrays. This approach...

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An optical switch based on a single nano-diamond: ICFO scientists have shown that a nano-size diamond at room temperature can act as an efficient optical switch controllable with light

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This shows the nanomanipulation of an artificial atom.

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Haydale updates on their graphene inks and GNPs, expects products based on graphene inks by early 2014

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Football-shaped particles bolster the body's defense against cancer

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T-cells (red) are activated more robustly when they interact with artificial antigen-presenting cells (green) that are elongated (right)...

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