Double graphene coat is slippery stuff
Two layers of carbon atoms could reduce wear and tear in tiny machines
Lasers take a measure of halo nucleus
Frequency-comb and clever calculations pin down nuclear radius
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Top result for Tevatron
Sightings of singly produced top quarks will help in the hunt for the Higgs boson
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Kepler mission set for blast-off
$590m craft targets 100,000 stars in search for Earth-like planets
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Supernovae recorded in the Antarctic ice
Nitrate levels in ice holds information about historic astronomical events
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NASA missions: late and expensive
Report finds bulk of projects delayed or over budget
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Power source from human vibrations
Energy “harvesting” from the body could power new types of medical sensor
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Nanotubes wreak havoc with heat
Electrons flowing in 1D structures dissipate energy in strange ways
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Quantum dots boost solar cell efficiencies
Hybrid devices could lower cost of solar power
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Microscope sees the Fermi surface
Scanning-tunnelling technique adapted to map bulk electrons
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