NSLS-II Science Highlights
2024
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X-ray Imaging Technique Highly Sensitive to Trace Impurities in a Crystal
Friday, August 30, 2024
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The Role of Positive-Ion Exchange in Arabidopsis
Friday, August 30, 2024
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Sulfur Iodide Paves the Way for Cheaper, 'Healable' Vehicle Batteries
Friday, August 30, 2024
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Cesium-Based Additive Leads to More Stable Lithium Metal Batteries
Friday, June 14, 2024
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Soft Substrates Create Surprisingly Stable Glass
Friday, June 14, 2024
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A Better Catalyst for Propylene Oxide Production
Friday, June 14, 2024
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How Water Salinity Affects Contaminants in Coastal Urban Soil
Monday, March 11, 2024
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Discovery of Electric Charge Order in a Potential Quantum Material
Monday, March 11, 2024
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Liquid-Helium Improves Detector Performance for Nanoscale Material Characterization
Friday, March 8, 2024
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Scientists Study Atomic Vibrations in a Kagome Metal
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Transporting and Storing Spins Non-Locally in an Antiferromagnet
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Atomic Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 Pseudoknot in Solution
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
2023
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Uncovering Reaction Mechanisms of Aqueous Zn/MnO2 Batteries
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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Revealing the Phases of CrStTe3 Under Extreme Conditions
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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An "Internet of Things" Approach to Enterprise Beamlines
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Halting Viral RNA Replication in Coronaviruses
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Toxic Metals in Soldiers' Lungs From Burn Pit Exposure
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Revealing Collective Electronic Orderings in Space and Time
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Discovery of New Magnon Modes in an Antiferromagnetic Thin Film
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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X-rays Reveal Elusive Chemistry for Better EV Batteries
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
2022
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How Do Algae Survive Under Low Light Conditions?
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Cation Treatment Impacts Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Using Enzymes to Selectively Form C-C Bonds
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Predicting the Durability and Activity for Pt Catalysts
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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First Long-Lived Perovskite Solar Cells Developed
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Resonant X-ray Diffraction Reveals Backbone Tilt in Polymers
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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Better Together: New 2D Multilayer Laue Lens Overcomes Alignment Challenge
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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Added Robust Interphase Stabilizes Promising Cathode Material
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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Seeing Inside Next-Generation Microelectronics Using X-rays
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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Pathway to a New Brønsted Acid Catalyst
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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Understanding Borophene—a Multipurpose Material
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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Oral & Gut Microbes Can Inactivate an Antidiabetic Drug
Thursday, March 31, 2022
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Tuning Electrochemical & Electronic Properties
Thursday, March 31, 2022
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Steering the Conversion of CO2 and Ethane
Thursday, March 31, 2022
2021
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Combining X-rays & Neutrons to Study Molten Salts
Friday, December 31, 2021
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New Insights into Kagome Superconductors
Friday, December 31, 2021
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Lowering the Survival Chance of Bacteria
Friday, December 31, 2021
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Turning to Trees for Improving Battery Performance
Friday, December 31, 2021
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New Electrolyte Could Push Li-ion Battery Performance
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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New Halide Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Recreating a Step in the Evolution of Viruses
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Building Bridges for Reinforcing Polymers
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Materials Discovery Through AI-powered Consensus
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Fighting Cancer with a New Antibody
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Elevating X-Ray Optics to the Next Level
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Stable Cathode Design for Next-Gen EV Batteries
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Flat Band Structure Observed in Topological Material
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Quantifying Myelin and Axon Orientations in the Brain
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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New Way of Revealing Molecular Packing
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Understanding Nuclear "Lava" From Accident Scenarios
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Tuning Spin Excitations in Magnetic Films by Confinement
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Chemists Prove the Existence of LiH in Battery
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Watch and Learn How Nanostructured Thin Films Grow
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Understanding Critical Failure in Li-S Pouch Cells
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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3D Nanomaterials Assembly via Material Voxels
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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Simultaneous Ignition of CO Catalytic Oxidation
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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Dual-Ion Transport in a Promising Aqueous Battery
Sunday, January 31, 2021
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New Approach for Ammonia Production
Sunday, January 31, 2021
2020
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Fine Tuning Drugs to Fight Cancer
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Chemical Imaging with Unprecedented Nanoscale Resolution
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Small Agents to Direct Improved MOF Structures
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Unraveling 3D Printing Dynamics
Monday, November 30, 2020
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Increasing the Efficiency of CO Catalytic Conversion
Friday, November 13, 2020
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Superconductors and Charge Density Waves
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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A New Approach to Engineering Thin Films
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Understanding an Essential Chaperone Complex
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Scientists Resolve Origin of Perovskite Instability
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Targeting a Critical Molecular Switch in COVID-19
Friday, July 31, 2020
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Revealing a Reaction Mechanism in an Electrode Material
Friday, July 31, 2020
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Fighting Cancer with DNA Origami
Friday, July 31, 2020
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On a Quest to Tailor the Reactivity of Oxide Catalysts
Friday, July 31, 2020
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Revealing the Basis for Metacaspase Activation
Friday, July 31, 2020
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Pandemic Influenza is Dynamic
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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Fast Cooldown for Making Battery Materials
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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Improving a Natural Gas Conversion Catalyst
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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Optimizing the NSLS-II Beam Parameters
Sunday, May 31, 2020
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3D Nanoscale Imaging of Proteins in Cells
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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Molten Salt Treatment for Battery Cathode
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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Two Catalysts Are Better Than One
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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Growing a Stable, Rechargeable Zinc Anode
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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Inhibitor or Activator: Why not Both?
Friday, January 31, 2020
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Understanding How to Tune Nanocrystal Architecture
Friday, January 31, 2020
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Infrared Invisibility: Controlling Thermal Radiation
Friday, January 31, 2020
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Turning Up the Heat to Create New Nanostructured Metals
Friday, January 31, 2020
2019
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More than Just Support: MOFs as Intrinsic Catalysts
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Bringing to Light: Dynamics in Phototransistors
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Nanocages Trap and Selectively Release Elusive Noble Gases
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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A Structural Understanding of Spore Germination
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Electrocatalyst Turns Greenhouse Gas into Pure Liquid Fuel
Monday, September 30, 2019
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Smarter Experiments for Faster Materials Discovery
Monday, September 30, 2019
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More Thermopower Than Expected
Monday, September 30, 2019
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Special Delivery: Nutrients to Plants
Monday, September 30, 2019
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Light Teaches (Co)Enzymes New Tricks
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Creating 'Speckle Pattern' Movies of Thin Film Growth
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Optimizing the Growth of Coatings on Nanowire Catalysts
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Next Cathode Material: Newly Designed and Freshly Grown
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Understanding the Growth of Ruddlesden-Popper Oxides
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Charge Density Wave Memory in a Cuprate Superconductor
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Key Drug Target Shown Assembling in Real Time
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Copper Nanosheets as Improved Electrochemical Catalysts
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Organic Cathode for High Performance Lithium Batteries
Friday, May 31, 2019
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Illuminating Desalination Membranes
Sunday, March 31, 2019
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Unlocking the Secrets of Metal-Insulator Transitions
Sunday, March 31, 2019
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Cause of Cathode Degradation Found for Nickel-rich Materials
Sunday, March 31, 2019
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Searching for New Ways to Fight Bacterial Resistance
Sunday, March 31, 2019
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A Nanomaterial's Journey Through a Tomato Plant
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Kinase Activation Mechanism Could Help Cancer Research
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Robust Fuel Cell Runs on Nearly Dry Methane
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Reflecting Antiferromagnetic Arrangements
Thursday, January 31, 2019
2018
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3.7-billion-year-old Structures Formed by Tectonics, not Life
Friday, November 30, 2018
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Revealing the Growth Behavior of New Nanoparticle Catalysts
Friday, November 30, 2018
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Addressing Beam Instability That Can Degrade Brightness
Friday, November 30, 2018
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Single Atoms Break Carbon's Strongest Bond
Friday, November 30, 2018
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One-Minute Nanotomography
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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Potential New Ion Conductor Based on Quantum Materials
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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First X-ray Nanofluorescence Tomography of Single Bacteria
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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New Insights into the Synthesis Process of Layered Oxides
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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Fundamental Order of Transitions Revealed in Micelles
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Structure of a Nuclear Pore Complex's "Ticket System"
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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Catalytic Transformation of Carbon Feedstocks to Liquid Fuels
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
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3D Protein Structure Helps in the Search for a Vaccine
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Using Plants to Immobilize and Stabilize Arsenic in the Soil
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Ultra-high Spatial Resolution Meets Multimodal Imaging
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Mesoporous Co/CeO2 Catalysts for Hydrogen Production
Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Scientists Reveal Novel Architecture of a Membrane Protein
Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Atomic Flaws Create Surprising, High-Efficiency UV LED Materials
Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Scientists Discover New Electrocatalyst to Convert CO2 to CO
Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Scientists Track the Early Stage Growth of Metal Organic Frameworks
Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Engineering the Self-Assembly Pathway
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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3D Nanoscale Imaging of Defects in a Nanowire
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Multimodal Research Provides Insight into Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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Understanding Recycling in Cells
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
2017
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Doubled-Up X-ray Lenses Expand the Use of High-resolution Imaging
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Accelerating a Key Reaction in Fuel Cells and Batteries
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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A Nanostructured Iron-Alloy Coating Beefs Up Nuclear Steel
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Uncovering Why Copper Improves a Battery's Cathode and Overall Performance
Wednesday, May 31, 2017