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Growing pure nanotubes is a stretch, but possible: Rice theorists show how tight ‘diet’ could produce single-chirality carbon nanotubes

Like a giraffe stretching for leaves on a tall tree, making carbon nanotubes reach for food as they grow may lead to a long-sought...

New report offers blueprint for regulation of facial recognition technology

A new report from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Human Technology Institute outlines a model law for facial recognition technology to protect against...

Tesla threatens to sue critic over ads showing its car hitting kid-sized mannequin

Tesla has threatened to sue Dan O' Dowd, the CEO of Green Hills Software and The Dawn Project, after he created and paid for...

Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ leaps to top of Amazon bestseller lists

British author Salman Rushdie poses behind some copies of his book "Joseph Anton" on October 1, 2012 in Berlin. Author Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic...

U.S. health laws don’t always protect abortion information, but new bills could fill the gaps

A journalist reports near a crowd of abortion-rights activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court announced a ruling in the...

Spaceflight: Microgravity analog culture profoundly affects microbial infection process in 3-D human tissue models

Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body's defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out...

Highest Efficiency 1-Sun Solar Cell

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created a solar cell with a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global...

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