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Siberian wildfires

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Siberian wildfires.

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Washed up: Sargassum blankets beaches

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M2 Coating Completed

If shiny things get your attention, prepare to be dazzled by the newly coated LSST Secondary Mirror (M2)! The mirror received its first reflective coating on July 16, 2019, at the LSST summit facility building on Cerro Pachón. The 3.4-meter M2 mirror...

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A Stellar Stream in the Milky Way Provides Evidence of Dark Substructure

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A model of the stars in the GD-1 stellar stream overlaid on data collected by the Gaia spacecraft. The color of each stat...

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Transforming biology to design next-generation computers, using a surprise ingredient: Purdue University researchers turned to biology to help in the design of next-generation computers

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A Purdue University group has found ways of transforming structures that occur naturally in cell membranes to create other architectures,...

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Technologies for the Sixth Generation Cellular Network: Ultra-rapid Electro-optical Modulators Convert Terahertz into Optical Data Signals - Publication in Nature Photonics

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Seamless integration of wireless transmission lines into glass-fiber networks results in high-performance data networks. A detailed...

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TESS discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate “sub-Neptune”

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This infographic illustrates key features of the TOI 270 system, located about 73 light-years away in...

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Oddball edge wins nanotube faceoff: Rice U. theory shows peculiar 'Janus' interface a common mechanism in carbon nanotube growth

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Rice University researchers have determined that an odd, two-faced "Janus" edge is more common than previously thought for carbon nanotubes...

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