Observations of the material coating the dark face of Iapetus indicate it has a similar composition to the surface material on Phoebe.
Scientists cannot tell yet how easy it will be to scoop up the surface material, she said.
Areas that in 2005 had looked like flows of material on the surface appeared on this occasion to have undergone some erosion.
The finding comes after Curiosity drilled into the Martian surface several weeks ago and recovered material from underneath the Martian surface.
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There are certain scenarios, says Dr Lagace, where you might want to use a material because of its surface properties, but you might not want that property all the way through the material.
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And in the chamber, the respiration and the metabolic properties of the surface sand material were measured and we added nutrients and measured the gases that were produced.
After some experimenting, Norton settled on growing tin in the form of needles (about 50 nanometers in length) and adding textures to the material to create more surface area.
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This microscopic scale and sensitivity allows the sensor to map a high-resolution image of electrical charge that occurs over the surface of a source material (for example a human finger), when it makes contact with a thin insulating surface (ie a plastic surface).
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This matters because the atoms on the surface of a material are generally more reactive than those at its centre.
However, as its name suggests, it runs parallel to the surface of the material that is propagating it, rather than penetrating this material.
Atoms on the surface of a material are generally more reactive than those inside (which is why powders dissolve more quickly than solids do).
The neutron star's intense gravity raises fearsome tides on its partner's surface, tearing material off and pulling it into a disc around the neutron star.
And it was a tough transition to go from working on the material in rehearsal to the uneven surface.
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As a result, the Moon has trillions of tons of asteroid material shattered and pulverized all over its surface.
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The result, they claim in a paper that will appear this month in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, is a nanofibre material with an extremely high ratio of surface-area to volume.
The analogy that somebody used to me was it is -- we are trying to measure, 5, 000 feet below the surface, the amount of material that is coming up if you were to shake a Coke can.
Importantly, the anti-microbial surface remained even when the host material was washed or otherwise agitated.
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So does the material's hardness, and especially its surface condition.
"The new material is a liquid-infused elastic porous surface, which is what allows for the fine control over so many adaptive responses above and beyond its ability to repel a wide range of substances, " Prof Aizenberg explained.
By placing interleaved comb-like electrodes on the surface of lithium niobate, a material that is piezoelectric (and so expands or contracts as a current is passed through it), Dr Wixforth was able to fine-tune the waves to do his bidding.
The ship, Yemen says, contained Iranian-made bomb-making material, suicide belts, explosives, rockets, surface-to-air missiles, grenades and ammunition.
Although the father's genetic material is present in the embryo and on the surface of the placenta, the mother's body does not reject it.
Scientists speculate that the silicates stuck to the mantle might also be caught up in mantle convection and carried to the surface, accounting for reports of core material in lava erupting from hot, spot plumes, like those under Hawaii.
Magnetic activity on the stellar surface could also be caused by accretion of material onto it.
He plans to cut a series of concentric circles into the surface of a piece of diamond, a material with one of the highest refractive indices known.
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Odd patches of bright and dark material that scientists have yet to identify also appear on its surface.
If our solar system's disk wasn't ionized, its material would not have been funneled onto the young sun's surface, researchers said.
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Since cosmic radiation alters surface composition, Curiosity can drill into rock to extract pristine material from below.
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