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An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor: New material can result in 5 times more sensitive cameras

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This prototype is the first ever molybdenum based image sensor, 5 times more sensitive than current silicium-based technology.

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Exposure to Air Transforms Gold Alloys Into Catalytic Nanostructures: Brookhaven Lab scientists create promising gold-indium oxide nanoparticles through room-temperature oxidation

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the gold-indium alloy nanoparticles at room temperature. (A) shows an overview of...

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Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

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Permafrost zones occupy nearly a quarter of the exposed land area of the Northern Hemisphere. NASA's Carbon in...

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The Diabetes ‘Breathalyzer’: Pitt chemists demonstrate sensor technology that could detect and monitor diabetes through breath analysis alone

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A transmission electron microscopy image of the hybrid material revealing the formation of “titanium dioxide on a stick.”

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Radar Movies Highlight Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Its Moon

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This image of asteroid 1998 QE2 was obtained on June 1, 2013, when the asteroid was about 3.75 million miles (6...

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Small Asteroid Between Earth and Moon Tonight

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This illustration shows the path of the small asteroid 2013 LR6, which will safely pass within 65,000 miles (105,000...

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'Long-awaited explanation' for mysterious effects in high-temperature superconductors: 2 orders for electrons

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At each copper atom (grey balls) there is a quadrupole moment. All together, these form a kind of chessboard pattern, whereby the...

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Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers

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Botany Bay is a topographic saddle exposing sedimentary rocks that are part of the Burns formation, a geological unit...

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