When they reached Mars' surface in 1976, NASA's two Viking landers touched down with a gentle thud. At 7 feet tall, 10 feet long, and weighing around 1,300 pounds, these spacecraft—the first U.S. mission to successfully ...
Space Exploration
Dec 9, 2020
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That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.
Materials Science
Dec 4, 2020
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A research team, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has discovered that when the rotational quantum states of non-polar molecules change under the influence of laser fields ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 19, 2020
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Like water molecules in a river, soil carbon atoms are always in motion.
Biochemistry
Nov 3, 2020
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A major goal in organic synthesis is to develop efficient reactions to convert feedstock chemicals (otherwise known as raw or natural materials) into valuable reagents that can be used to create pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals.
Materials Science
Oct 29, 2020
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A new system developed by chemical engineers at MIT could provide a way of continuously removing carbon dioxide from a stream of waste gases, or even from the air. The key component is an electrochemically assisted membrane ...
Materials Science
Oct 16, 2020
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Nagoya University researchers have synthesized a unique molecule with a surprising property: It can absorb near infrared light. The molecule is made only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and offers insights for making organic ...
Materials Science
Oct 16, 2020
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Organic molecules formed the basis for the evolution of life. But how could inorganic precursors have given rise to them? LMU chemist Oliver Trapp now reports a reaction pathway in which minerals catalyze the formation of ...
Materials Science
Oct 16, 2020
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Carbon capture technologies play a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and factories, while harnessing carbon dioxide (CO2) for other energy production.
Materials Science
Oct 13, 2020
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mission, launched on Sept. 8, 2016, is the first U.S. mission designed to retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for further study. The mission's target is Bennu, a carbon-rich ...
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2020
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