Science

Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection: Berkeley Lab researchers and their colleagues extend electron spin in diamond for incredibly tiny magnetic detectors

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Nitrogen-vacancy centers are defects in which a nitrogen atom substitutes for a carbon atom in the lattice and a vacancy left by a missing...

New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics

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This is a computerised simulation of TCNQ molecules on graphene layer, where they acquire a magnetic order.

Scientists demonstrate pear shaped atomic nuclei

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The shape of 224Ra deduced from the CERN measurements.

NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted' With Planet Debris

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Hubble found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place – the atmospheres of a pair of...

Second and Third Sounding Rockets Launched from the Marshall Islands

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A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket leaves the launch pad...

Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas

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This artist's concept illustrates the frenzied activity at the core of our Milky Way galaxy. The galactic center hosts a...

Furnace accelerator startup develops anti-fogging technology

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After one hour and 19 minutes, there is no fog on the area of the visor where VitreOx has been applied.

Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

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An illustration of a single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocating through a silicon nitride nanopore.