Nitrogen deposition caused by human activities can lead to an increased phytoplankton production in boreal lakes. The response of boreal lakes to nitrogen deposition will strongly depend on each lake's content of organic ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2017
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Nanoscale "rivets" give graphene qualities that may speed the wonder material's adoption in products like flexible, transparent electronics, according to researchers at Rice University.
Nanomaterials
Jul 14, 2016
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Despite thousands of years of hard work by brilliant scholars, the great enigma of where Hannibal crossed the Alps to invade Italy remained unsolved. But now it looks like we may just have cracked it – all thanks to modern ...
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2016
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In a development that could revolutionize electronic ciruitry, a research team from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has confirmed a new way to control ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 13, 2015
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An international research team's theoretical simulation of the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes has revealed important details of the mechanisms at play. This could lead to better ways to control the production ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 1, 2015
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One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Nanomaterials
May 14, 2015
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What lies beneath growing islands of graphene is important to its properties, according to a new study led by Rice University.
Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2015
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Volcanoes on Mercury may have been more explosive than previously anticipated, and they may have erupted more recently, as well.
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A new study from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) finds that coating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with aluminum oxide reduces the risk ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 3, 2014
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A team of researchers from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has developed a new way to fabricate a potential challenger to graphene.
Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2014
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