Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used computer calculations to design a new carbon-based material even harder than diamond. This structure, dubbed "pentadiamond" by its creators, may be useful for replacing current ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 1, 2020
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NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo. MAVEN is the next mission to Mars and will ...
Space Exploration
Feb 8, 2013
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The properties of carbon-based nanomaterials can be altered and engineered through the deliberate introduction of certain structural "imperfections" or defects. The challenge, however, is to control the number and type of ...
Nanophysics
Apr 9, 2021
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(Phys.org) -- Several critical items related to NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope are being tested in the giant thermal vacuum test chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2012
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Four rare, beautiful and delicate sponges have been described by Queensland Museum scientists.
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2023
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"Get it off of me! Get it off of me!" shrieked Mary Carman, a marine ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as she flailed knee deep in the bath-like water of Farm Pond on Martha's Vineyard. She was observing ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2019
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Most life forms are directly or indirectly dependent on photosynthesis. The question is, can we exploit sunlight more broadly than in carbohydrate production, making it effectively a synthetic biology part? As an answer to ...
Biotechnology
Dec 1, 2015
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An international team of researchers, led by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff (Department of Chemistry) from the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 4, 2020
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Biorefinery technology uses biomass as a feedstock and converts it to energy and other beneficial byproducts. It is drawing attention as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology to prepare for depletion of fossil fuels. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2019
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Ticks are obligate blood-sucking vectors for multiple zoonotic diseases. In a new study published in Zoonoses, tick samples were collected from Yunnan Province, China, which is well-known as a global biodiversity hotspot. ...
Ecology
Aug 3, 2023
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