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The neutron skin of the nucleus calcium-48 is much thinner than previously thought.
Herbivore digestion involves a large variety of enzymes that break woody plants into biofuel building blocks.
Novel technique accurately distinguishes rare material property linked to improving sensors and computers.
Pre-designed molecular building blocks provide atomic-level control of the width of graphene nanoribbons.
Internal storage compartments release droplets of “healing” liquid to repair damaged materials.
Surprising order found in bundles of protein filaments that move chaotically and form liquid crystals that could led to novel self-healing.
A family of single-phase materials was discovered with coexisting magnetic and electrical properties having potential for electronic applications.
Researchers use surface-sensitive signals to atomically resolve the structure of a rough surface.
New approach for connecting light-harvesting proteins enhances the current produced by a factor of four.
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass, garners the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Researchers harvest long-lived isotopes that are difficult or impossible to acquire otherwise.
New electron spectroscopy technique may lead to an improved neutrino mass determination.
