Physical Sciences
Superconductivity, in which electric current flows without resistance, promises huge energy savings – from low-voltage electric grids with no transmission losses, superefficient motors and generators, and myriad other schemes.
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The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today officially approved new names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.
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In the growth of crystals, do nanoparticles act as “artificial atoms” forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex structures? This is the contention of a major but controversial theory to explain nanocrystal growth.
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Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported the first direct observation of what they have termed “jump-to-contact,” the critical step in oriented attachment.
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A new study shows that the availability of hydrogen plays a significant role in determining the chemical and structural makeup of graphene oxide.
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Nuclear magnetic resonance offers new insights into the element.
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For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second).
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Socks, T-shirts and other garments could become less hospitable to odor-causing bacteria, thanks to new antimicrobial treatments being investigated by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in New Orleans, La.
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With the age of the incandescent light bulb fading rapidly, the holy grail of the lighting industry is to develop a highly efficient form of solid-state lighting that produces high quality white light.
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Research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
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Long before the age of freeways and parking lots, Babylonians used a naturally occurring asphalt to reinforce their roads.....
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Accessibility of electron microscopes could make technique standard practice.
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