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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a compact atomic clock design that relies on cold rubidium atoms instead of the usual hot atoms, a switch that promises improved precision and stability.
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Berkeley study provides unprecedented details on ultrafast processes in diamond nitrogen vacancy centers.
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Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a new method of using nanotubes to detect molecules at extremely low concentrations enabling trace detection of biological threats, explosives and drugs.
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Pilot-scale, mobile catalytic pyrolysis technology turns one ton of wood residue, other biomass into bio-oil.
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In a study led by Duke researchers, monkeys have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity.
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Leslie Rosenberg and his colleagues are about to go hunting. Their quarry: A theorized-but-never-seen elementary particle called an axion.
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Aislinn Rowan ’14 has always had an intense interest in science. Lehigh has provided her many opportunities to convert her passion into a career, and Rowan has not failed to capitalize.
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Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
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Reusing the major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial plants — rather than releasing its warming potential into the environment — is on the verge of becoming a commercial reality.
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Infused with reflections and light, two new buildings on campus are helping to expand Princeton University's study into the recesses of the mind.
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The District has received approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to begin operations at the first Biosafety Level 3 laboratory in the national capital region, Department of Forensic Sciences Director Max Houck announced.
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Funding for SPIRou, a spectropolarimeter and a high-precision velocimeter optimized for both the detection of habitable Earth twins orbiting around nearby red dwarf stars and the study of the formation of Sun-like stars and their planets, was confirmed today by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) observatory.
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