Thursday, November 14, 2013

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Mother-of-pearl divulges ocean environment
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Steam explosions at Zhupanovsky Volcano
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NSF-funded scientist Tad Pfeffer discusses the IPCC report & sea level rise
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Team demonstrates new paradigm for solar cell construction
New method for building solar cells may ultimately make them less expensive, easier to manufacture and more efficient at harvesting energy from the sun.

Researchers add another tool to their directed assembly toolkit
A team of scientists has developed a technique for controlling liquid crystals by means of physical templates and elastic energy, rather than the electromagnetic fields that manipulate them in televisions and computer monitors.

Taking a new look at carbon nanotubes
Researchers have developed a technique that can be used to identify the structure of an individual carbon nanotube and characterize its electronic and optical properties in a functional device.

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