Spacecraft that venture beyond our Moon rely on communication with ground stations on Earth to figure out where they are and where they're going. NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock is working toward giving those far-flung explorers ...
General Physics
Jul 1, 2021
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New research is showing that some tiny catalysts being considered for industrial-scaled environmental remediation efforts may be unstable during operation.
Materials Science
Jun 22, 2021
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Small business ownership is commonly thought to not only be a vehicle for financial stability and wealth building, but also a way to close the racial wealth gap. Small businesses are known to be a key component of the small ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2021
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A cutting-edge digital tool that will make it cheaper, safer and faster for pharmaceutical companies to predict protein stability—a vital step in the development of new medicines—is being rolled out by scientists from ...
Biochemistry
May 27, 2021
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The way in which banks react to climate risks and uncertainty could impact financial stability as well as the world's transition to a low-carbon economy. A new study by researchers from IIASA and the Vienna University of ...
Economics & Business
May 17, 2021
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Although the fairy tale of the wicked stepmother is a tale as old as time, the effects of blending children with their new stepfamilies may not be as grim as once thought.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2021
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Atomically dispersed catalysts have received extensive research attention, because they exhibit excellent activity and unique selectivity for many important catalytic reactions. The atomically dispersed nature of these metal ...
Materials Science
Mar 26, 2021
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their partners from Clemson University have discovered a green, low-energy process to break down polystyrene, a type of plastic that is widely used in foam ...
Materials Science
Mar 17, 2021
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Researchers have developed a new intravascular imaging technique that could one day be used to detect coronary plaques that are likely to lead to a heart attack. Heart attacks are often triggered when an unstable plaque ruptures ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 16, 2021
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Nanograined metals and alloys, whose grain size is less than 100 nm, exhibit extremely high strength and high ductility, possessing excellent mechanical properties. Nanograined materials, however, have a large number of grain ...
Materials Science
Mar 16, 2021
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