Nanolite snow (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Nanolite snow

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Nanolite 'snow' surrounding an iron oxide microlite 'Christmas tree'. Even these small 50 nm spheres are actually made up of even smaller nanolites aggregated into clumps. Christmas has come early this year for these researchers.

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Brooker/Griffiths/Heard/Cherns

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