Carbon nanotubes help space-bound electronics resist radiation damage
Materials could be a boon to far-ranging spacecraft exposed to harsh conditions
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Wood-based conductors could make Li-ion batteries safer
New material might be used as a solid battery electrolyte or as an ion-conducting binder for the cathode of an all-solid-state device
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Could curved X-ray detectors herald the next evolution in medical imaging?
Researchers identify key design rules for fabricating robust, high-sensitivity curved X-ray detectors for medical applications
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Chalcogenide glasses open up to visible and ultraviolet wavelengths
Nanostructured metasurface overcomes a previous limitation for these materials
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Intense radiation pressure enables selective acceleration of carbon ion beams
Laser acceleration technique could create ultrashort-pulse, high-energy carbon ion beams for future radiotherapy applications
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Atomically thin lasers shine for the first time at room temperature
Coherent light generation from ultrathin semiconductor crystals paves the way for creating novel nanolasers and valleytronic devices
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‘Cosmological coupling’ is making black holes bigger, study suggests
Effect could help explain puzzling gravitational-wave observations
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Brain implant enables blind woman to see simple shapes
Researchers are developing a visual prosthesis to restore useful vision for the blind
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Nanoparticles in fuel could boost aircraft efficiency
Improvement of 8% seen in the lab-based ethanol combustion
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Did the solar wind create Earth’s water?
Analysis of an ancient asteroid suggests that Earth may have received a large amount of its water from extraterrestrial dust grains interacting with the solar wind
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