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ORNL-Led Group Grows Aligned Monolayers of Lattice-Mismatched Semiconductors
Apr 21, 2016Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a group of researchers has synthesized a stack of atomically thin monolayers of two lattice-mismatched semiconductors (Xufan Li et al, 'Two-dimensional GaSe/MoSe2 ...
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Vanderbilt University To Enhance Fan Experience ith Advanced Ephesus LED Lighting From Eaton
Mar 21, 2016Power management company Eaton today announced that the home field of the Vanderbilt University men’s baseball team, Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee, has installed an advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system designed to ...
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Plasma Etch System Offers ICP Dry Etching Supported by an Extensive Range of Processes
Nov 11, 2014Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA is expanding its research capabilities with the addition of a PlasmaPro 100 Cobra plasma etch system from UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments, to be installed soon in ...
Tags: Oxford Instruments, Plasma Etch
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Say Goodbye to Your Phone Battery and Charger
May 30, 2014Say goodbye to your phone battery and charger. A new structural material could transform a mobile device’s entire case into a hybrid super-capacitor/battery, making traditional batteries obsolete. Researchers from Vanderbilt ...
Tags: phone battery, charger
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University Have Developed a Structural Supercapacitor
May 22, 2014Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a structural supercapacitor that stores and releases electrical chargeThe amount of electricity present upon the capacitor's plates. Also, the act of forcing of electrons onto the ...
Tags: Supercapacitor, Power Cords
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Engineers Designed New Tools to Help Restore a Surgeon's Sense of Touch
Jan 22, 2014Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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The University of Louisville Selected by The PFF for Its Newly Established Care Center
Jan 20, 2014The University of Louisville is one of nine pilot sites selected by the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) for its newly established Care Center Network and the PFF Patient Registry program. Rafael Perez, M.D., director of the UofL ...
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Young People Don't Remember Better Than Older Adults
Jan 16, 2014Young people don't remember better than older adults, but their memories seem better because they retrieve them in higher definition, U.S. researchers say. Study leader Philip Ko and Dr. Brandon Ally, both of Vanderbilt University, said ...
Tags: higher definition, visual memory
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Astronomers Has Discovered a Surprising New Class of "Hypervelocity Stars"
Jan 10, 2014An international team of astronomers has discovered a surprising new class of "hypervelocity stars" – solitary stars moving fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery of this new set of ...
Tags: hypervelocity stars, Milky Way galaxy, galactic center, escape
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Temperatures Are Predicted to Be The Coldest of The Winter
Jan 9, 2014Temperatures in the next few days are predicted to be the coldest of the winter so far, and people using space heaters to get some extra warmth into their living and working spaces need to be aware of a potential "silent killer" inside ...
Tags: health tip, carbon monoxide, Donna Seger, CO poisoning
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SSRIs Are The Most Widely Used Antidepressants/Antianxiety Drugs
Jan 8, 2014A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released today shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents. The population-based study, ...
Tags: Antidepressant Medications, Suicide, Suicide Risk in Children
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When It Comes to Treating Depression,Newer Antidepressants Carrys Same Risk for Suicidal
Jan 7, 2014When it comes to treating depression in children, newer antidepressants all seem to carry about the same risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, a new study shows. Previous studies, including a review from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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New Technique Would Allow Us to Get at How The Virus Really Works
Jan 3, 2014By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
Tags: respiratory syncytial virus, children health, prevent RSV infections
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The Imaging Technique They Developed Could Be Used to Study Other Rna Viruses
Jan 2, 2014By the time they're two, most children have had respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and suffered symptoms no worse than a bad cold. But for some children, especially premature babies and those with underlying health conditions, RSV can lead ...
Tags: respiratory syncytial virus, childhood disease, kids health
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During The Holidays, Set a Course "Between Hallmark and Heartache," an Expert Suggests
Dec 27, 2013During the holidays, forget striving for the perfect -- you won't achieve it -- and set a course "between Hallmark and heartache," an U.S. expert suggests. Dr. Judith Akin, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt ...
Tags: between Hallmark and heartache, Judith Akin, holiday time, tips