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Revamping nanotubes

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Nature Communications – Nanoparticles Digging the World’s Smallest Tunnels

46788.jpgGraphite consists of layered carbon atoms. A metal particle bores into the graphite sample from the edges of these layers.

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NASA Telescope Observes How Sun Stores and Releases Energy

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The Hi-resolution Coronal Imager full resolution image shown here is from the solar active region outlined in...

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NASA's IRIS Spacecraft Is Fully Integrated

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The fully integrated spacecraft and science instrument...

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Martian Crater May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake

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This view of layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater shows sedimentary rocks that contain spectroscopic...

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Black silicon can take efficiency of solar cells to new levels

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SEM image of the Al2O3 coated CZ Si surface with b-Si where a thin Al2O3 layer can be seen on top of the nanostructure.

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Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Show Higher Performance with Bi-Layer Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures

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Titan Gets a Dune 'Makeover'

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This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively "fresh" crater called...

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