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  Electronics: Graphene Sheets' Growing Attractions

  December 10, 2012 — A theoretical and numerical study of graphene sheets reveals a property that may lead to novel opto-electric devices and ... > full story
• Optics
  Nanotechnology
  Technology
  Electronics
  Materials Science
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Lithography: High-Resolution Images Get Richer in Contrast

  December 10, 2012 — A method that boosts the contrast of high-resolution optical images has the potential to enable lithography at the ... > full story
• Graphene
  Spintronics
  Spintronics Research
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  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Photonics: Graphene's Flexible Future

  December 10, 2012 — Theoretical calculations show graphene’s potential for controlling nanoscale light propagation on a ... > full story
• Geography
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  Wildfires Light Up Western Australia

  December 7, 2012 — Careful observers of the new "Black Marble" images of Earth at night released this week by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have noticed bright areas in the western part ... > full story
• Optics
  Medical Technology
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  Graphene
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  Point of Light: Light-Focusing Device May Lead to Applications in Computing, Communications, and Imaging

  December 7, 2012 — Engineers have created a device that can focus light into a point just a few nanometers (billionths of a meter) across -- an achievement they say may lead to next-generation applications in ... > full story
• Detectors
  Biochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Nature of Water
  Hypertension
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  Diagnosing Patients at an Early Stage

  December 7, 2012 — Researchers have developed the world's first sensor capable of measuring individual particles in a blood ... > full story
• Black Holes
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  NASA
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  X-Ray Vision Can Reveal Moment of Birth of Violent Supernovae

  December 7, 2012 — Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that suggests that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
  Solar Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Optics
  Graphene
   
  

  Tiny Structure Gives Big Boost to Solar Power

  December 6, 2012 — Researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of ... > full story
• NASA
  Astronomy
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  Little Telescope Spies Gigantic Galaxy Clusters

  December 6, 2012 — Our solar system, with its colorful collection of planets, asteroids and comets, is a fleck in the grander cosmos. Hundreds of billions of solar systems are thought to reside in our Milky Way galaxy, ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Optics
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Nanotechnology
  Civil Engineering
  Chemistry
   
  

  Silver Nanocubes Make Super Light Absorbers, Hold Great Potential for Solar Cells

  December 6, 2012 — Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensors or solar cells, ... > full story

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