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March 17, 2014

Chelyabinsk meteor to help develop nanotechnology
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Mar 11, 2014
The Chelyabinsk meteor is full of mysteries. Scientists from Nizhny Novgorod have found natural magnesium-iron nanocrystals while studying the fragments of the meteor. This can give new information about the nature of nanomaterials and the conditions of their natural formation. Dmitry Pavlov, one of the scientists and the authors of the research, gave an interview to "The Voice of Russia". Chelyabinsk meteor has become the first celestial body that has natural nanocrystals. This is quite an intere ... read more

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