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Milestone in Quest to Advance Emerging Super-Black Nanotechnology
July 17, 2013 A NASA engineer has achieved yet another milestone in his quest to advance an emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their ... > full story -
In the Zone: How Scientists Search for Habitable Planets
July 17, 2013 There is only one planet we know of, so far, that is drenched with life. That planet is Earth, and it has all the right conditions for critters to thrive on its surface. Do other planets beyond our ... > full story -
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
July 17, 2013 We value gold for many reasons: Its beauty, its usefulness as jewelry, and its rarity. Gold is rare on Earth in part because it's also rare in the universe. Unlike elements like carbon or iron, it ... > full story -
Ripped Apart by a Black Hole: Gas Cloud Makes Closest Approach to Monster at Center of Milky Way
July 17, 2013 New observations show for the first time a gas cloud being ripped apart by the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. The cloud is now so stretched that its front part has passed the ... > full story -
New Findings on Makeup of Universe May Spawn Research
July 16, 2013 New areas of extragalactic study may emerge from research by astrophysicists using data from the Chandra Space Telescope to conclude that baryons making up all visible matter – once thought to ... > full story -
Heart of Space Weather Observed in Action
July 15, 2013 Two NASA spacecraft have provided the most comprehensive movie ever of a mysterious process at the heart of all explosions on the sun: magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection happens when ... > full story -
New Form of Carbon: Grossly Warped 'Nanographene'
July 15, 2013 By introducing multiple odd-membered ring defects into a graphene lattice, researchers have experimentally demonstrated that the electronic properties of graphene can be modified in a predictable ... > full story -
The Universe or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?
July 15, 2013 Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely how our brains cope with - and explain - our ... > full story -
Imaging Electron Pairing in a Simple Magnetic Superconductor
July 14, 2013 Using a technique to measure the energy required for electrons to pair up and how that energy varies with direction, scientists have identified the factors needed for magnetically mediated ... > full story -
Individual Atoms Imaged in a Living Catalytic Reaction
July 12, 2013 Groundbreaking new electron microscopy technology is allowing researchers to observe and analyze single atoms, small clusters and nanoparticles in dynamic in-situ experiments for the first ... > full story
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