A safe and effective male birth control pill may be inching closer to reality, according to researchers. In laboratory experiments, mouse sperm was blocked from semen while still allowing for normal sexual activity. Without sperm in the ...
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One of the biggest challenges facing rechargeable batteries with lithium (Li) electrodes is the growth of dendrites, which can short-circuit the batteries and cause complete failure. Although dendrites do their damage in the battery's ...
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A novel microfluidics device by IBM could be a boon to the oncology market. The new device can assist oncologists in identifying different types of cancer, offering several improvements over existing biopsy techniques. When a patient has ...
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Welded steel compressive corrosion can occur only in a specific environment, it also has the following characteristics: firstly, the presence of only the stress (tensile stress in particular) is to stress corrosion cracking. This stress can ...
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Computer scientists are constantly searching for ways to squeeze ever more bandwidth from communications networks. Now a new approach to understanding a basic concept in graph theory, known as "vertex connectivity," could ultimately lead ...
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By using a unique silicon fin replacement process, Imec of Leuven, Belgium has demonstrated what it claims are the first III-V compound semiconductor FinFET devices integrated epitaxially on 300mm silicon wafers. The nanoelectronics ...
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The container glass market in India has been growing at a steady pace due to the huge demand it generates from the beverage sector. The report begins with the introduction section which offers a brief insight of the glass industry that ...
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Welding residual stress is caused by the welding weldment uneven temperature distribution, thermal expansion and contraction of weld metal and other causes, so along with welding construction inevitably produce residual stress. Eliminate ...
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Currently, the project is widely used welding cooling after annealing disposal to eliminate remain stress, and remain stress after welding cooling is an important process of attack, this approach not only a waste of power and simple attack ...
Tiny particles of matter called quantum dots, which emit light with exceptionally pure and bright colors, have found a prominent role as biological markers. In addition, they are realizing their potential in computer and television screens, ...
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Funded by the US Army Research Office, researchers at North Carolina State University ( at the atomic scale (just one atom thick). The technique can be used to create the thin films on a large scale, sufficient to coat wafers that are ...
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It took just two weeks for this year's Toymaster show to sell out – beating the record which had been set in 2012, when all space had been filled by the end of January. This time round, however, the organisers revealed in ...
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Biotech specialist Partec has released analytical instruments which use a novel method to determine bacterial counts in drinking water. Partec says that the method is rapid and reliable and has been recommended by the Swiss Federal Office ...
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Cybercriminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large phishing campaigns, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Forty-seven percent of all ...
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Cyber criminals increasingly hack into shared Web hosting servers in order to use the domains hosted on them in large phishing campaigns, according to a report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Forty-seven percent of all ...
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