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  Less Friction Loss in Combustion Engines

  June 11, 2013 — Researchers have developed a method that can reduce engine friction and wear even during production of engine components. Special coatings can help to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide ... > full story
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  Intelligent Door Seal Prevents Poor Air Quality

  June 11, 2013 — For a long time, heat insulation was en vogue -- and nearly no one was concerned about poor indoor air quality. And yet excess carbon dioxide hampers concentration. Now, researchers have come up with ... > full story
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  'Popcorn' Particle Pathways Promise Better Lithium-Ion Batteries

  June 11, 2013 — Researchers have confirmed the particle-by-particle mechanism by which lithium ions move in and out of electrodes made of lithium iron phosphate, findings that could lead to better performance in ... > full story
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  Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life, Astrobiologists Find

  June 10, 2013 — Researchers have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the ... > full story
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  Shape of Nanoparticles Points the Way Toward More Targeted Drugs

  June 10, 2013 — The shape of nanoparticles can enhance drug targeting, according to new research. The study found that rod-shaped nanoparticles -- or nanorods -- as opposed to spherical nanoparticles, appear to ... > full story
• Nature of Water
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  Unfrozen Mystery: H₂O Reveals a New Secret

  June 10, 2013 — Using revolutionary new techniques, scientists have made a striking discovery about how ice behaves under pressure, changing ideas that date back almost 50 years. Their findings could alter our ... > full story
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  Scientists Size Up Universe's Most Lightweight Dwarf Galaxy

  June 10, 2013 — The least massive galaxy in the known universe has now been measured, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them ... > full story
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  Scientists Discover New Family of Quasicrystals

  June 10, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a new family of rare-earth quasicrystals using an algorithm they developed to help pinpoint them. Their research resulted in finding the only known magnetic rare earth ... > full story
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  2-D Electronics Take a Step Forward: Semiconducting Films for Atom-Thick Circuits

  June 10, 2013 — Scientists have created single-layer films of molybdenum disulfide, a semiconductor and an important component in the development of two-dimensional ... > full story
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  Simple Theory May Explain Mysterious Dark Matter

  June 10, 2013 — The reason dark matter, which makes up 85 percent of all the matter in the universe, is invisible could be because it possesses a rare, donut-shaped type of electromagnetism instead of the more ... > full story

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