How silicon can make us feel better in the morning
What if we could turn sunlight into the kind of bliss that makes us feel like a happy little baby?That’s the idea behind the new “solar happiness” pill, which is being developed by MIT and the Swiss startup Vial.Its...
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Is nitrogen atoms essential for life?
A new theory suggests that nitrogen atoms may be essential for living things, but it’s a very tricky one.A new study led by a team of researchers from MIT and Stanford Universities suggests that living things have a limited...
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How to Get Your E-Cigarette to Work: The ‘Nickel’ Element
The “nickel” element, in its purest form, is an electron.But it’s not a “salt” or a “carbon” or an “ion” as the name implies.In the presence of an electron, the atom spins around in a magnetic field.As it spins,...
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Electron microscope with silicon valence electron configuration
Electron microscopy is an emerging area in nanotechnology, where researchers are using the same high-speed scanning technique to scan small, nanoscale structures for nanomachines.In this article, we describe the first silicon valance electron configuration for the scanning electron microscope.A...
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