New research examining the crystal structure of the silica mineral quartz under shock compression is challenging longstanding assumptions about this ubiquitous material. …read more Source:: Science
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Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grains
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•An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a surprising bit of space history. Presolar grains — tiny bits of solid interstellar material formed before the sun was born — …read more Source:: Science
Billions of quantum entangled electrons found in ‘strange metal’
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•Physicists have observed quantum entanglement among ‘billions of billions’ of flowing electrons in a quantum critical material. The research provides the strongest direct evidence to date of entanglement’s role in …read more Source:: Science
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust
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•Scientists have discovered the oldest solid material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust trapped inside a meteorite. This stardust provides evidence for a ‘baby boom’ of new stars that formed 7 billion …read more Source:: Science
Engineers develop ‘blackest black’ material to date
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•Engineers have cooked up a material made of carbon nanotubes that is 10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported. …read more Source:: Science
Mysterious release of radioactive material uncovered
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•It was the most serious release of radioactive material since Fukushima 2011, but the public took little notice of it: In September 2017, a slightly radioactive cloud moved across Europe. …read more Source:: Science
Hubble uncovers black hole that shouldn’t exist
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•As if black holes weren’t mysterious enough, astronomers have found an unexpected thin disk of material furiously whirling around a supermassive black hole at the heart of the magnificent spiral …read more Source:: Science
Origin of life: A prebiotic route to DNA
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•DNA, the hereditary material, may have appeared on Earth earlier than has been assumed hitherto. Chemists now show that a simple reaction pathway could have given rise to DNA subunits …read more Source:: Science
Mass anomaly detected under the moon’s largest crater
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•A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater in our solar system — the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin — and may contain metal from the …read more Source:: Science
Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
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•Engineering researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power — and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid material is a major step toward …read more Source:: Science