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Researchers develop technique for imaging nanoparticle dynamics with atomic resolution as these dynamics occur in a liquid environment.
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MIT researchers mimic nature to produce interfacial composite materials with stimuli-responsive microstructures.
Cause of LED "droop" identified
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Metallic nanostructures control light to a new level
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