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Social-Science Fiction: The Genesis and Legacy of Horace Miner's “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” [PDF]
Mark Burde
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A novel phthalocyanine (PC)‐based metal–organic framework (MOFs) is synthesized using ditopic PC linkers obtained through regioselective statistical condensation. The resulting MOF exhibits significant improvements in electronic absorption, thereby enhancing the material's performance in light harvesting and energy conversion.
Lukas S. Langer +12 more
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13 Questions on Science Fiction
The present text is an interview with James Edwin Gunn (born July 12, 1923), Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Kansas (US), on science fiction literature.
Sayyed Ali Mirenayat, Elaheh Soofastaei
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The universe of proto-science fiction: Symzonia and The Smoky God [PDF]
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A lack of standard approaches for testing and reporting the performance of metal halide perovskites and organic semiconductor radiation detectors has resulted in inconsistent interpretation of performance parameters, impeding progress in the field. This Perspective recommends key metrics and experimental details, which are suggested for reporting in ...
Jessie A. Posar +8 more
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From Wormholes to the Warp Drive: Using theoretical physics to place ultimate bounds on technology [PDF]
The serious study of such science fiction staples as wormholes, time travel, and the warp drive, as a means of understanding and constraining possible realistic solutions within General Relativity is reviewed.Comment: 10 pages LaTeX; to appear in Phi ...
Hiscock, William A.
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The Ethics of Ectogestative Technology—Telling Science from Science Fiction [PDF]
Seppe Segers, Dorian Accoe
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Photoswitchable Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks
A conductive material where the conductivity can be modulated remotely by irradiation with light is presented. It is based on films of conductive metal–organic framework type Cu3(HHTP)2 with embedded photochromic molecules such as azobenzene, diarylethene, spiropyran, and hexaarylbiimidazole in the pores.
Yidong Liu +5 more
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Bacon’s New Atlantis and the Fictional Origins of Organised Science
It is a commonplace that science fiction draws inspiration from science fact. It is a less familiar thought-though still widely acknowledged-that science has sometimes drawn its inspiration from science fiction. (Arthur C.
Lucas Peter
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