Noisy catalysts reveal atomic-level reactivity
Catalytic activity can be observed in tunnelling-current noise during scanning tunnelling microscopy
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Rough faults generate slow earthquakes
Experiments shed new light on how fault roughness affects earthquake nucleation
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X-ray laser takes 3D images of lopsided viruses
Ultra-bright pulses goes beyond conventional crystallography
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Did embryonic plate tectonics give birth to the continents?
Early plate tectonics linked to rise of landmasses and maybe even increase in atmospheric oxygen
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DSIF protein caught in action
High-resolution images of DSIF interacting with RNA Polymerase II reveal its many functions
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Black-hole growth accelerated by supersonic gas
Did early supermassive objects get a boost from the early universe?
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Mechanical fluctuations track how bacteria respond to antibiotics
Piezoelectric sensor could help doctors prescribe the most effective drugs
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Understanding vanadium leaching improves prospects for reuse of steel slag
Discovery could also aid risk assessment of legacy slag heaps
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Beijing and Vienna have a quantum conversation
Academy presidents chat securely over QKD-protected satellite link
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Physicists create and measure quantized mechanical oscillations
Techniques could lead to better quantum-information networks
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