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Louis E. Brus, Nobel Laureate Who Illuminated the Nanoworld, Dies at 82

He accidentally created some of the first quantum dots, tiny semiconductors that now power many electronics.

Β© Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press

Louis E. Brus in 2023. β€œThe entire field of nanoscience and nanotechnology owes a huge debt to him,” said Moungi Bawendi, a chemist who shared the Nobel Prize with Dr. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov.
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Scientists Discover Cloud-9, a Starless β€˜Galaxy That Wasn’t’

Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.

Β© NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro Benitez-Llambay (University of Milano-Bicocca)

Cloud-9, 14 million light-years from Earth, with radio data collected from the Very Large Array in New Mexico revealing the cloud in magenta. The circle marks the peak of radio emissions, where researchers focused their search for stars.
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Space Events 2026: NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission, Summer Eclipse and More

In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.

Β© Joel Kowsky/NASA

The Space Launch System rocket, which will carry the Artemis II NASA mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 20.
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