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December 14, 2016The self-assembly of complex molecules containing water-attracting (hydrophilic) and water-repelling (hydrophobic) segments in water is importantBasic Energy Sciences
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December 13, 2016Researchers use accelerators to coax the electron into performing a wide range of tricks to enable medical tests and treatments, improve productNuclear Physics
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December 13, 2016Answering difficult scientific questions about the nature of the universe requires isotopically purified helium (4He). The isotope 3Nuclear Physics
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November 30, 2016Tribology—the study of friction, wear, and lubrication—is critical to the efficiency and durability of engines and other moving metalBasic Energy Sciences
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BulletinNovember 30, 2016Precision control of nanometer scale 3D fabrication has been a longstanding research goal. Now, researchers have developed a 3D simulation thatBasic Energy Sciences
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November 30, 2016Scientists grew a vertically aligned nanocomposites lattice matched on a SrTiO3 (STO) substrate using laser deposition. These micrometer-thickBasic Energy Sciences
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November 30, 2016For the first time, scientists devised ordered arrays (superlattices) of nanoparticles, which organize in the same way that carbon atoms do withinBasic Energy Sciences
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November 29, 2016Zinc-manganese oxide rechargeable batteries have been studied for more than 20 years, but the batteries usually stop working after a limited numberBasic Energy Sciences
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November 29, 2016Current magnetic storage and recording devices, such as computer hard disks, contain nanomagnets with two polarities, each of which is used toBasic Energy Sciences
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November 22, 2016Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless gas that is potentially fatal at elevated concentrations due to the prevention of oxygen flow toBasic Energy Sciences