Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort…
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Elucidating the electronic properties of single-wall carbon nanohorns
Single-walled carbon nanohorns are an allotrope of carbon with promising properties for a variety of applications.…
Study: Children with same-sex parents are socially well-adjusted
A study by Dr. Mirjam Fischer and colleagues at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Sociology…
High-performance heaters based on nanoscale-thick graphite films
Combining multiple carbon nanomaterials in a single substance can yield surprising properties. KAUST researchers have created…
Self-cleaning spacecraft surfaces to combat microbes
Astronauts live and work in orbit along with teeming populations of microorganisms, which could present a…
What happens when plants have stress reactions to touch
A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger…
Small aggregates function as temporary RNA repositories, regulated by neural activity
Cells constantly have to adapt the level of activity of certain genes to specific requirements. This…
New calculations of solar spectrum resolve decade-long controversy about the sun's chemical composition
What do you do when a tried-and-true method for determining the sun’s chemical composition appears to…
Generating high-resolution self-packaged liquid metal nanopatterns
In a new report now published in Matter, Licong An, and a team of scientists in…
Research sheds more light on the properties of young planetary nebula IC 4997
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers have observed a young planetary nebula known…