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NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System

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NASA's Kepler mission has discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a...

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Hubble Sees Cosmic “Flying V” of Merging Galaxies

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Organic electronics -- how to make contact between carbon compounds and metal

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Upon contact between the oxygen atoms protruding from the backbone and the metal, the molecules' internal structure changed in such a way...

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Exploring supercapacitors to improve their structure

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Simplified diagram of a supercapacitor and how it works from the macroscopic scale to the molecular level.

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Cassini sheds light on cosmic particle accelerators

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Cassini at Saturn’s bow shock

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Nano-machines for 'bionic proteins'

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This shows the self-knotted structure of the bionic protein.

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Playing quantum tricks with measurements

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In their recent experiment, the scientists demonstrated that it is possible to reverse a measurement with the aid of a quantum error...

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Russian meteor impact shows the need for a sentry line of asteroid inspection spacecraft

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