Science

Boston College researchers' unique nanostructure produces novel 'plasmonic halos': Nanoscopic microcavities offer newfound control in light filtering

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Boston College researchers have constructed a unique nanostructure that exploits microcavity features to filter visible light into "...

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The world’s first smartphone in Space ‘STRaND-1’ ready for launch

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NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies

NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development of robotic technology to refuel satellites. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was performed during the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) aboard...

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Earth-like Planets Are Right Next Door

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This artist’s conception shows a hypothetical habitable planet with two moons orbiting a red dwarf star. Astronomers have found...

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The Wings of the Seagull Nebula

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This new image from ESO shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form...

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Quantum Dots Assemble Themselves: Surprising breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics, solar cell efficiency

Quantum dots are tiny crystals of semiconductor a few billionths of a meter in diameter. At that size they exhibit beneficial behaviors of quantum physics such as forming electron-hole pairs and harvesting excess energy.

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NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

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At the center of this image from NASA's Curiosity rover is the hole in a rock called "John Klein" where...

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3D Printing on the Micrometer Scale: KIT Spin-off “Nanoscribe“ Presents High-speed 3D Printer

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Printing on the micrometer scale: Writing time for a miniaturized spacecraft is reduced to less than one minute without loss of quality.

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