Science

Alternative materials could bring 'plasmonic' technologies

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This graphic depicts a device created using "negatively refracting metamaterials" that could bring advances in applications including...

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Cobalt Replacements Make Solar Cells More Sustainable

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The dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) converts light to electricity. A coloured copper complex absorbs light and injects an electron into a...

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When galaxies switch off

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Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel

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Created with the help of supercomputers, this still from a simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy...

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Auto lubricant could rev up speed of medical imaging

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Shown is an experimental photodetector made out of amorphous silicon and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). The two semiconductors together form...

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Faster Treatment of Third-Degree Burns by Nanofibrous Coatings

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VCU Physicists Discover Theoretical Possibility of Large, Hollow Magnetic Cage Molecules: New molecules could be larger than the original Buckminster fullerene with potential applications in technology and health care

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Illustration depicts a Mn24C18 cluster carrying a magnetic moment of 70 Bohr magnetons.

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Tiny, brightly shining silicon crystals could be safe for deep-tissue imaging: In a new study, the crystals had no toxic effects in non-human primates

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Bright light emission from silicon quantum dots in a cuvette. The image is from a camera that captures the near-infrared light that the...

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