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Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films

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The nanostructures limit the amount of light reflected at the thin film interface.

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Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: Berkeley Lab Researchers Report First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem

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Schematic shows TiO2 nanowires (blue) grown on the upper half of a Si nanowire (gray) and the two absorbing different regions of the...

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Add boron for better batteries: graphene-boron mix shows promise for lithium-ion batteries

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A theory developed at Rice University determined that a graphene/boron compound would excel as an ultrathin anode for lithium-ion batteries...

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Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films

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The nanostructures limit the amount of light reflected at the thin film interface.

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Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: Berkeley Lab Researchers Report First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem

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Schematic shows TiO2 nanowires (blue) grown on the upper half of a Si nanowire (gray) and the two absorbing different regions of the solar...

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Beautiful "flowers" self-assemble in a beaker: Elaborate nanostructures blossom from a chemical reaction perfected at Harvard

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These false-color SEM images reveal microscopic flower structures created by manipulating a chemical gradient to control crystalline self-...

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Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

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The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance...

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Activity Continues On the Sun

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the X1.2 class solar flare...

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