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This artist's impression shows how the magnetar shoots material out of the star's crust. The strong magnetic field lines (shaded in green) affect the flow of electric particles. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

When a neutron star explodes, gold is created on a massive scale

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Powerful magnetar flare reveals unexpected source of gold and platinum, offers solution to 20-year-old mystery
A meteor breaks up in the atmosphere. Such a phenomenon caused global cooling and the extinction of large animals 12,800 years ago. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Surprising discovery: a cosmic explosion in the atmosphere may have caused global cooling 12,800 years ago

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The preplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NSF

Target board or donut? Iron meteorites reveal the early form of our solar system

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The formation of our solar system involved the accretion of gas and dust into a preplanetary disk, with meteorites providing important insights into its early composition.
A nugget of raw gold from Venezuela. From Wikipedia

The gold came to us from the sky in meteorites

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Gregory Jerkiewicz

New findings regarding platinum catalyst

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Wismadev Matsumedar and Brown University chemistry professor Shohang Sun, in the chemistry department, are developing fuel cells

Promising progress in fuel cell technology

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Among the research participants: Hirohito Nagasawa (left), Anders Nilsson (center) and Mike Toney (right). Photo by Kelen Tuttle

A new form of platinum and its use in fuel cells

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