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Foam, confetti and world’s largest bounce house: Big Bounce America is a kid’s dream
Looking for a place to take the family this weekend? Look no further than Big Bounce America, which has brought the world's ...
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Physics articles from across Nature Portfolio
Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...
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Large Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merits from SiGe Nanowires by Simultaneously Measuring Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties
This results in a thermal conductivity as low as ∼1.2 W/m-K at 450 K, showing a large thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) of ∼0.46 compared with those of SiGe bulks and even ZT over 2 at 800 K ...
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Advances in Distinguishing Groundwater Influenced by Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW) from Natural Bitumen-Influenced Groundwaters
The Alberta oil sands deposit in Canada is the third-largest proven oil reserve in the world, comprising 142000 km 2.Mined oil sands undergo a caustic hot water extraction process to separate bitumen ...