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The Promise of Solid Lubricants for a Sustainable Future
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Lubricants are vital for technology, saving energy and resources. The industry seeks sustainable solutions beyond fossil fuels. Solid lubricants offer extremely low friction and reduce environmental impact, especially in harsh conditions. Can these solids truly replace liquid lubricants, or are they limited to extreme applications?
Philipp G. Grützmacher +7 more
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THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY IN INDONESIA
Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, 2019 This paper discusses the history and development of Islamic astronomy in Indonesia. During the Dutch colonization in Indonesia there was a shift from Hijri to Gregorian (Miladiyah) calendar as the official national calendar. After the independent day of
Dahlia Haliah Ma'u
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.AI‐Assisted Workflow for (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling. Abstract (Scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) has significantly advanced materials science but faces challenges in correlating precise atomic structure information with the functional properties of ...
Marc Botifoll +19 more
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Was there a (Super)nova in 1408?
The Astronomical JournalThe 1408 CE “guest star” recorded in Chinese historical texts presents a compelling case for identifying a historical stellar transient. While previous studies debated its nature as a meteor, comet, or nova, we reevaluate the event using original Ming ...
Boshun Yang +3 more
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25 Years of Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics
Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics, 2016 The article presents an outline of the 25-year history of the journal “Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics”. The source of information was mainly the journal issues themselves. Attention was drawn to changes that the journal underwent over a quarter of
Siemiątkowska Jadwiga
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7b. A Technical Note on Epicyclical Interpretations of Pliny’s Planetary Theory
Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas, 2014 This technical note is a complement to P.D. Omodeo’s article on “Erasmian Philology and Mathematical Astronomy: Jakob Ziegler and the Humanist Recovery of Pliny’s Natural History” in this issue of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas.
Irina Tupikova
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Apollo-Soyuz pamphlet no. 2: X-rays, gamma-rays [PDF]
, 1977 The nature of high energy radiation and its penetration through earth's atmosphere is examined with emphasis on X-rays, gamma rays, and cosmic radiation and the instruments used in their detection.
From, T. P., Page, L. W.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The ability to grow nanostructures based on inorganic helical crystals with long‐range order will enable a platform to realize physical states that arise from chirality. Herein, it is demonstrated that controlled vapor phase deposition of an atomically precise helical crystal, GaSI, into ultrathin 1D nanowires and quasi‐2D nanoribbons.
Kaitlyn G. Dold +15 more
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A Raster-oriented Method for Creating Eclipse Maps
The Astronomical JournalTraditional total solar eclipse maps based on 19th-century calculation methods do not take full advantage of important refinements recently made possible by fast computers and high-resolution digital elevation models of both the Earth and the Moon ...
Ernie Wright, C. Alex Young
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Nantes au temps de ses observatoires
Cahiers François Viète, 2002 For centuries, the Navy and astronomy were closely linked. Determining one’s position at sea and adjusting naval chronometers required a good knowledge of the science of the stars.
Olivier Sauzereau
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