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NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory

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Colorized image of NIST micro-drum and circuit on a sapphire backing. JILA researchers demonstrated that the drum might be used as a memory...

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Smallest Vibration Sensor in the Quantum World

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The spin of a molecule (orange) changes and deforms the nanotube (black) mounted between two electrodes (gold).

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'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter

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The dark hot spot in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere...

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Pluto May Have 10 Undiscovered Moons

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This image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows five moons orbiting the distant, icy...

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Surprising Control over Photoelectrons from a Topological Insulator: Berkeley Lab scientists discover how a photon beam can flip the spin polarization of electrons emitted from an exciting new material

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The interior bulk of a topological insulator is indeed an insulator, but electrons (spheres) move swiftly on the surface as if through a...

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Long Predicted Atomic Collapse State Observed in Graphene: Berkeley Lab researchers recreate elusive phenomenon with artificial nuclei

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An artificial atomic nucleus made up of five charged calcium dimers is centered in an atomic-collapse electron cloud.

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NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars

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Two Different Aqueous Environments
This set of images compares rocks seen by NASA's Opportunity rover and...

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NASA Pinpoints Causes of 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole

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Maps of ozone concentrations over the Arctic come from the Ozone Monitoring...

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