A stroll through the produce aisle in your local grocery store exhibits a plethora of vivid colors. From opposing hues, like red apples next to green celery, to subtler variations, such as light to dark purple grapes, every color seems to ...
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have deciphered the structure of part of the ribosome found in mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. The scientists were able to benefit from advancements in the field ...
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Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Researchers at the University of California, ...
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More than 5,893 leaks from aging natural gas pipelines have been found under the streets of Washington, D.C. by a research team from Duke University and Boston University. A dozen of the leaks could have posed explosion risks, the ...
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The Kepler team today reports on four years of observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory targeting Kepler's exoplanet systems, announcing results this week at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington. These observations, ...
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Global CO2 emissions continue to rise—in 2012 alone, 35.7 billion tons of this greenhouse gas entered the atmosphere. Some of it is absorbed by the oceans, plants and soil. They provide a significant reservoir of carbon. Scientists ...
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Molecules anchored to the surfaces of nanoparticles modify and even control many characteristics of the particles, including how they interact with cells or react to light. The type of binding affects the nanoparticle's behavior and ...
Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, report on the use of their Spinsolve Benchtop NMR spectrometer to study polymers at the Delft University of Technology. Dr. Theo Dingemans is the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ...
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US-based Bruker has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MALDI Biotyper CA system to identify Gram negative bacterial colonies cultured from human specimens. Bruker's MALDI Biotyper CA system ...
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color and light, is continuing to build on its industry-leading position in light and display measurement technology by exploring new ...
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Portland’s monthly ‘On the Town’ magazine reviewed Chris Fraser’s In Passing light-art installation as, “This is one of those rare shows capable of generating sheer and utter joy across demographics, from ...
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US-based Agilent Technologies and Canada-based MRM Proteomics have announced the launch of MRM Proteomics’ PeptiQuant MRM assay kits for quality control of multiple reaction monitoring-based quantitative plasma proteomic workflows. ...
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Researchers in Taiwan have used nanopyramid nitride semiconductor structures to explore long-wavelength green, olivine and amber light-emitting diode (LED) structures [Shih-Pang Chang, Optics Express, Vol. 21, p23030, 2013]. The team was ...
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The principle used in induction furnace is similar to that of the working of modifier. A procedure in which electrical conductors becomes heated through swirl flows tempted by a changing electromagnetic field. This invention is of fresh ...
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Gigahertz-Optik's new BTS256-E Bi-Tec Sensor Light Meter provides all necessary illuminance, color and spectral data to fully qualify SSL, CFL and any other type light source. Its Bi-Technology sensor includes a filtered photodiode and ...