New measuring technique'brings closer'improvements in solar fuel development. Prof.Bert Weckhuysen:"This research promises improvements to solar fuels. "Detailed molecular-scale measurements of a chemical reaction accelerated by ...
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Canadian firm Meaglow has made a breakthrough on a low temperature Migration Enhanced Afterglow film growth technique to produce a thick InGaN layer with strong yellow emission, for increasing the efficiency and lowering production costs of ...
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a quantum silicon chip that they say guarantees"absolute security"for computers and smartphones.The technology could be available commercially in less than five years. Unlike ...
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Winner:LANL's George Kyrala Six high-energy laser researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL)and a seventh from Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL)have won the American Physical Society's 2012 John Dawson Award for ...
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The Mars rover Curiosity is on a mission to deliver what scientists hope will be groundbreaking scientific research that wouldn't be possible without robotics,according to a NASA chief engineer. "It's critical to this mission,"said Louise ...
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Computerworld - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its first, albeit short, drive on the Martian surface today and now scientists say it's just about ready to head out on its first real trek. "I'm pleased to report that Curiosity today had ...
Pall Corp is to undertake a multi-phase project for the US Navy to develop an advanced shipboard desalination system for coastal sea waters. Pall will create a detailed design for Navy ship water treatment that will increase the volume and ...
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Computerworld-NASA has decided to take a much deeper look inside Mars to try to figure out why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth. The space agency announced late on Monday that it will launch a new mission in 2016,named ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association(NEMA)has issued a clarification on the effects of ultraviolet(UV)and infrared radiation from compact fluorescent lamps(CFLs). CFLs are those small,energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs ...
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Back to the future:UK team makes solid-state maser 15 Aug 2012 Pentacene-doped organic active material amplifies at 1.45GHz may one day find applications in molecular biology. Mark Oxborrow and the solid-state maser Scientists at ...
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Logwin AG of Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, which provides procurement, warehousing, distribution and valued-added services, says that it has been chosen to manage the logistics of LED chip and luminaire maker Optogan of St Petersburg, Russia. ...
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IBM is working with scientists at ETH Zurich to demonstrate the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix in a semiconductor.This has implications for the use of electron spins for storing,transporting and ...
South African CIGS spin-off PTIP orders €7m of equipment from partner Singulus Singulus Technolgies AG of Kahl am Main, Germany, which makes production equipment for the Optical Disc and Solar sectors, says that Photovoltaic ...
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Swiss food and dairy giant Nestle has opened two production plants in South Africa. The facilities, based in the town of Babelegi in Gauteng province, will manufacture Milo and Cheerios breakfast cereals and Maggi noodles. This will be ...
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IDG News Service - Swiss scientists have developed an algorithm that can be used to locate spammers as well as the source of a computer virus or malware. The algorithm finds the source by only checking a small percentage of the ...
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