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Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube tapers

Description: Article on structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube tapers, a set of nanostructures comprised of straight tubular sections with decreasing diameters, joined to each other via conical funnels and terminated with a hemispherical cap.
Date: October 29, 2001
Creator: Meunier, Vincent; Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco; Roland, Christopher & Bernholc, Jerry
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Rediscovery of the Elements: Thorium

Description: Article recounting the discovery of the element Thorium in Norway by Hans Morten Thrane Esmark. Maps and tourist information regarding the area are provided.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Rediscovery of the Elements: Althofen, Austria and Auer von Welsbach

Description: Article recounting a visit to sites related to Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, discoverer of lutetium and ytterbium and inventor of the incandescent "Welsbach mantle." Maps and tourist information are provided regarding the Welsbach Museum in Treibach, Austria.
Date: Spring 2002
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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Supernova 2002ap: the first month

Description: This article reports the results of the first month of an intensive photometric and spectroscopic monitoring campaign of Supernova 2002ap.
Date: March 27, 2002
Creator: Gal-Yam, Avishay; Ofek, Efran & Shemmer, Ohad
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Erratum: "Is there a metallicity-luminosity relationship in active galactic nuclei? The case of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies"

Description: This erratum corrects a computational error affecting the calculation of the intrinsic luminosities of several objects in the article "Is there a metallicity-luminosity relationship in active galactic nuclei? The case of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies." This does not affect any of the main results of the article.
Date: April 10, 2002
Creator: Shemmer, Ohad & Netzer, Hagai
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Rediscovery of the Elements: Phosphoro di Bologna

Description: Article recounting a visit to sites related to the discovery of phosphorescent stone (barium sulfide) in Bologna, Italy. Maps with driving directions are included.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
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