IBM Research and the Solid State Physics Laboratory at ETH Zurich have developed a new method in which the spin lifetime of electrons is extended by 30 times to 1.1 nanoseconds IBM Research and the Solid State Physics Laboratory at ETH ...
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The colour of night-time skyglow may be about to undergo a radical change worldwide, according to scientists of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries. They predict that with ...
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The US National Science Foundation(NSF)has awarded Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) 1.2million dollars to develop,fabricate and test a new family of infrared detectors grown on silicon substrates by Raytheon Visions Systems(RVS)of ...
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Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
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A short,low resolution video captured the final minutes of Mars rover Curiosity's descent onto the planet.At the beginning of the clip the 15-foot wide heat shield can be seen separating from the capsule carrying the rover. The images ...
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The UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes(ACNFP)is seeking views over the use of vitamin D-rich baker's yeast as a novel food ingredient. This move comes after Canadian firm Lallemand sought the approval to market vitamin ...
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences(SEAS),collaborating with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel,have now demonstrated a drastically new way of achieving negative refraction in a metamaterial.For 20 ...
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IBM announced a collaboration agreement with the University of Mauritius to help meet the demand for Computer Science skills in the Indian Ocean island region. The joint academic initiative will provide technology and training resources ...
Amplified'weak'IR light shows PV,medical potential 25 Jul 2012 Dutch researchers harvest infrared photons,amplify power 3300 times in technique inspired by photosynthesis. Chemists and materials scientists from the University of ...
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Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany,and ACREO AB,Sweden,have developed a transistor technology combining graphene with silicon carbide(SiC)[S.Hertel et al,Nature Communications,published 17 July 2012]. Graphene is a ...
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Scientists at the University of Georgia,US,have developed a rapid diagnostic test to accurately identify,detect bacteria and chemical contaminants. In a series of studies,the scientists were able to identify compounds such as lactic acid ...
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Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc of Westerville OH, USA, which makes scientific sensors, instruments and systems for precise measurement and control, has launched the Model CRX-6.5K, a general-purpose cryogen-free probe station that is claimed to ...
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The EU research project GECCO with their partners from Madrid, Bristol, Lodz, as well as Osram aim at vertically oriented LEDs that can boost the light output by a factor of 10. The European scientists expect that new three-dimensional ...
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NineSigma,an open innovation services provider,has announced that it is partnering with Scientists Without Borders-a web-based collaborative community,to find more sustainable packaging for micronutrient powders(MNPs). Other partners in ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is set to initiate a five-year project to create a public database of the gene sequences of 100,000 bacteria,as a part of its effort to rapidly identify the source of contamination and bring foodborne ...
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