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X-ray Satellites Monitor the Clashing Winds of a Colossal Binary

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Two of these stars can be found in the intriguing binary system known as Cygnus OB2 #9. In...

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The best of both catalytic worlds

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Heterogenized homogeneous nanocatalysts are sustainable as shown by these TEM images in which there is almost no difference in the cluster...

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New Step towards Nanotechnology-Assisted Cancer Therapy

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Today, the state of the art regarding the diagnosis of cancers is focused on tumor identification on sub-cellular scales. Through this...

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Testing of Galileo satellite navigation system can begin

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X-ray Satellites Monitor the Clashing Winds of a Colossal Binary

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Artist's rendering of a colliding wind binary.

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How to Hunt a Space Rock

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JPL's Battle Mountain meteorite hunters. Pictured from left to right: Peter Willis, Amanda Stockton,...

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Researchers Create ‘Nanoflowers’ for Energy Storage, Solar Cells

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The GeS “nanoflowers” have petals only 20-30 nanometers thick, and provide a large surface area in a small amount of space.

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Scientists discover that shape matters in DNA nanoparticle therapy: Particles could become a safer, more effective delivery vehicle for gene therapy

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This illustration depicts DNA molecules (light green), packaged into nanoparticles by using a polymer with two different segments. One...

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