Canyonlands National Park Named International Dark Sky Park
The International Dark-Sky Association has granted Gold-Tier International Dark Sky Park status to Canyonlands National Park, an honor reserved for the darkest of dark skies and the most stunning of ... more
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Supermassive black holes in nearest quasar
A University of Oklahoma astrophysicist and his Chinese collaborator have found two supermassive black holes in Markarian 231, the nearest quasar to Earth, using observations from NASA's Hubble Spac ... more
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EarthCARE satellite prepares for upcoming launch
Lightning, downpours kill 65 in Pakistan, as April rain doubles historical average
Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains
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Setting ground rules for nanotechnology research
In two new studies, researchers from across the country spearheaded by Duke University faculty have begun to design the framework on which to build the emerging field of nanoinformatics.
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Superlattice design realizes elusive multiferroic properties
From the spinning disc of a computer's hard drive to the varying current in a transformer, many technological devices work by merging electricity and magnetism. But the search to find a single mater ... more
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Scientists from NTU Singapore find electrifying solution to sticky problem
Inspired by the limitations of biomimetic glues in wet environments, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a glue that will harden when a voltage ... more
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Record-high pressure reveals secrets of matter
A research team at Linkoping University, together with colleagues in Europe and the United States, has shown that at extremely high pressure even the innermost electrons in the atomic nuclei of the ... more
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Combined disciplines, computational programs determine atomic structure
A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University combined two techniques to determine the structure of cyanostar, a new abiological molecule that captures unwanted n ... more
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