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Scientists solve decade-long mystery of nanopillar formations
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless ...
An Eagle of Cosmic Proportions
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today ESO has released a new and stunning image of the sky around the Eagle Nebula, a stellar nursery where infant star clusters carve out monster columns of dust and gas.
Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells ...
Pillars of Creation formed in the shadows
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Research by astronomers at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies suggests that shadows hold the key to how giant star-forming structures like the famous "Pillars of Creation" take shape.
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Peering into the Pillars of Creation
Feb 15, 2007 |
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A new look at the famous "Pillars of Creation" with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has allowed astronomers to peer inside the dark columns of gas and dust. This penetrating view of the central region of ...
Scientists study microbe filaments' power
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Apr 18, 2008 |
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Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought ...
Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than We Thought: New Study
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, dinosaurs have been considered the largest creatures ever to walk on land. While they still maintain this status, a new study suggests that some dinosaurs may actually have weighed ...
Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion
Jan 09, 2007 |
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The three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Self cleaning Lotus leaf imitated in plastic by using a femtosecond laser
Jan 15, 2007 |
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A plastic cup that can be reused without washing it, simply because contamination has no chance to stick to the surface? A self-cleaning surface like that of the leaf of a Lotus plant is ideal for many applications ...
Underground cave dating from the year 1 A.D. exposed in Jordan Valley
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2009 |
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An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology.
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak'
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences.
Silicon brittle? Not this kind!
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Silicon, the most important semiconductor material of all, is usually considered to be as brittle and breakable as window glass. On the nanometer scale, however, the substance exhibits very ...
Smaller is stronger -- now scientists know why
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 02, 2008 |
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As structures made of metal get smaller -- as their dimensions approach the micrometer scale (millionths of a meter) or less -- they get stronger. Scientists discovered this phenomenon 50 years ago while measuring ...
Toshiba Develops New NAND Flash Technology
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced a new three dimensional memory cell array structure that enhances cell density and data capacity without relying on advances in process technology, and with minimal increase ...
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