Ironing out a puzzle
Alison Butler has never met Canadian chemist and philanthropist Alfred Bader, but they have something important in common.
Materials Science
Sep 19, 2017
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Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety
Could the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Costa Rica set off a hurricane in California? The question has been scrutinized by chaos theorists, stock-market analysts and weather forecasters for decades. For most people, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2017
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New mirror-coating technology promises dramatic improvements in telescopes
Materials scientist Nobuhiko Kobayashi wasn't quite sure why the astronomer he met at a wine-tasting several years ago was so interested in his research, but as he learned more about telescope mirrors it began to make sense.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2017
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Graphene and other carbon nanomaterials can replace scarce metals
Scarce metals are found in a wide range of everyday objects around us. They are complicated to extract, difficult to recycle and so rare that several of them have become "conflict minerals" which can promote conflicts and ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2017
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