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  2. Energy applications of nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    A second issue is consistency in design methods. For example, heterostructures are the main structures of the catalyst in interlayer space and energy storage devices, but these structures may lack the understanding of mechanism on the catalytic reaction or charge storage mechanisms. A deeper understanding of 2D nanomaterial design is required ...

  3. Scientific research on the International Space Station

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    [1] [2] The 2005 NASA Authorization Act designated the American segment of the International Space Station as a national laboratory with the goal of increasing the use of the ISS by other federal agencies and the private sector. [3] Research on the ISS improves knowledge about the effects of long-term space exposure on the human body.

  4. Crystal growth - Wikipedia

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    To achieve a moderate number of medium-sized crystals, a container which has a few scratches works best. Likewise, adding small previously made crystals, or seed crystals, to a crystal growing project will provide nucleating sites to the solution. The addition of only one seed crystal should result in a larger single crystal.

  5. In situ resource utilization - Wikipedia

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    ISRU reverse water gas shift testbed (NASA KSC) ISRU Pilot Excavator – A NASA project. In space exploration, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) is the practice of collection, processing, storing and use of materials found or manufactured on other astronomical objects (the Moon, Mars, asteroids, etc.) that replace materials that would otherwise be brought from Earth.

  6. Plants in space - Wikipedia

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    The first organisms in space were "specially developed strains of seeds" launched to 134 km (83 mi) on 9 July 1946 on a U.S. launched V-2 rocket. These samples were not recovered. The first seeds launched into space and successfully recovered were maize seeds launched on 30 July 1946. Soon followed rye and cotton.

  7. Megastructure - Wikipedia

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    A Matrioshka brain is a collection of multiple concentric Dyson spheres which make use of star's energy for computing. A Stellar engine either uses the temperature difference between a star and interstellar space to extract energy or serves as a Shkadov thruster.

  8. Megascale engineering - Wikipedia

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    Megascale engineering (or macro-engineering) [1] is a form of exploratory engineering concerned with the construction of structures on an enormous scale. [2] Typically these structures are at least 1,000 km (620 mi) in length—in other words, at least one megameter, hence the name. Such large-scale structures are termed megastructures.

  9. Panspermia - Wikipedia

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    Panspermia (from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pan) 'all' and σπέρμα (sperma) 'seed') is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by space dust, [1] meteoroids, [2] asteroids, comets, [3] and planetoids, [4] as well as by spacecraft carrying unintended contamination by microorganisms, [5] [6] [7] known as directed ...