Science

Small tubes come in large packages

[ad_1] A wafer-scale composite membrane composed of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in a parylene-N polymer matrix. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Membrane systems have great potential as low energy alternatives in applications such as desalination, pharmaceutical recovery, purification and waste treatment. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory …

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Global warming has triggered the evolution of giant dinosaurs

[ad_1] Reconstruction of the first Bagualia alba sauropod. Credit: Jorge Gonzales The word “dinosaur” tends to evoke giant animals with massive bodies, long necks and tails, and small heads. These “dinosaurs par excellence” actually represent an important subgroup of Dinosauria, the so-called Sauropoda (“long-necked dinosaurs” in popular culture). Sauropods were …

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Watch live: Russian cosmonauts begin spacewalk

[ad_1] The International Space Station was photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after disembarking on October 4, 2018. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Roscosmos Oleg Artemyev performed a tour of the orbiting laboratory to taking photos of the station space before returning …

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Scientists develop a magnetic switch with lower power consumption

[ad_1] Magnetic materials are ubiquitous in modern society, present in almost all the technological devices we use every day. In particular, personal electronic devices such as smartphones / watches, tablets and desktop computers all rely on magnetic material to store information. Information in modern devices is stored in long chains …

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