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Making sense of metallic glass
If you freeze any liquid fast enough, even liquid metal, it becomes a glass. Vitrified metals, or metallic glasses, are at the frontier...
Feb 9, 20162 min read


Cotton candy machines may hold key for making artificial organs
Cotton candy machines may hold the key for making life-sized artificial livers, kidneys, bones and other essential organs. For several...
Feb 9, 20165 min read


Scientists film exploding nanoparticles
Using a super X-ray microscope, an international research team has “filmed” the explosion of single nanoparticles. The team led by Tais...
Feb 8, 20163 min read
Scientists Guide Gold Nanoparticles to Form "Diamond" Superlattices
Using bundled strands of DNA to build Tinkertoy-like tetrahedral cages, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National...
Feb 5, 20164 min read


Graphene is strong, but is it tough?
Berkeley Lab scientists find that polycrystalline graphene is not very resistant to fracture Graphene, a material consisting of a single...
Feb 4, 20163 min read


Switching light with a silver atom
The quantity of data exchanged via communications networks around the globe is growing at a breathtaking rate. The volume of data for...
Feb 4, 20164 min read
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