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MIT leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation Occultation provided enough data to determine the KBO’s size and a

This artist's concept of a Kuiper Belt object found by the Hubble telescope is only 3,200 feet across and a whopping 4.2 billion miles away.
Image: NASA

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Develop Ultra-Simple Method for Creating Nanoscale Gold Coatings

Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a meter thick. As seen in the research image, drops of gold-infused toluene applied to a surface evaporate within a few minutes and leave behind a uniform layer of nanoscale gold. The process requires no sophisticated equipment, works on nearly any surface, takes only 10 minutes, and could have important implications for nanoelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing.

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