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From Steel Beams to Plastic Lego Bricks,Building Blocks Come in Many Materials,All Sizes
Feb 27, 2014(Phys.org) —From steel beams to plastic Lego bricks, building blocks come in many materials and all sizes. Today, science has opened the way to manufacturing at the nanoscale with biological materials. Potential applications range ...
Tags: Crystalline Structure, DNA, NSLS, virus
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A Crystal Is Built of Atoms Arranged in a Repeat Pattern in All Three Dimensions
Feb 27, 2014(Phys.org) —You use crystals everyday: sugar in your coffee, the active ingredient in hand warmers, maybe a diamond stud in your ear. A crystal is built of atoms arranged in a repeat pattern in all three dimensions. X-rays are good ...
Tags: Atomic Displacement, Crystal, NSLS-II, CSC
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Carbon Dioxide Is Key to Our Planet's Ability to Support Life
Dec 27, 2013One of the most widely known compounds on Earth is carbon dioxide, or CO2. We learn as children that CO2 is a key component of photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and bacteria convert light into energy. This reaction is part ...
Tags: carbon dioxide, CO2, global carbon cycle, photosynthesis, study of CO2
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Google Users Have Been Subject to FBI Security Information Requests Since 2009
Mar 7, 2013Some thousand-plus Google users have been subject to FBI security information requests since 2009, the company said Tuesday. The data build on Google's already existing tally of government data requests. The new figures look at the number ...
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Analysis of Google's Transparency Reports
Jan 29, 2013Google’s Transparency Reports, which are released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they fail to reveal. Transparency reports are ...
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Google Is Interesting Not Just for The Reveal About Government Requests
Jan 25, 2013Google's Transparency Reports, released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they do not reveal. Transparency reports are basically a biannual ...