A microscopic nematode worms its way across a Petri dish exhibiting unique genetic characteristics. A plant's roots burst forth from the seed and it breaks through the soil rapidly wriggling upward toward the light. An eager student ...
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UV-visible-NIR microscope and microspectrometer manufacturer CRAIC Technologies of San Dimas, CA, USA has introduced an automated version of its flagship product, the 20/30 Perfect Vision UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer. The new ...
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Nanotronics Imaging LLC of Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA says that in May it installed an nSPEC system at Kyma Technologies of Raleigh, NC, USA. The nSPEC is an automated, optical, inspection device geared toward defect detection and ...
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Inspired by nature, conserved by our Conservation team: uncover the story behind this fragile Chinese artefact. Acquired in 1969, this delicate Chinese headdress is magnificently decorated with feathers from kingfisher birds. Centuries ...
Digital video microscopes utilize a camera to record and capture images. Traditional microscopes perform visual inspection with an eyepiece, but digital video microscopes achieve higher resolution and higher precision than what is typically ...
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A contentious controversy surrounds the high intensity of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) LEDs, with experts split on whether or not indium-rich clusters within the material provide their remarkable efficiency. Now, researchers from the ...
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Kim Kisslinger, seen here with a focused-ion beam instrument, reduced the InGaN samples to a thickness of just 20 nanometers to prepare them for electron microscopy. From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs ...
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Researchers in Korea have used three-dimensional (3D) graphene foam as a transparent conductor for the p-contact of blue nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Byung-Jae Kim et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol102, p161902, 2013]. The ...
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The Gillard government will put its use of enterprise resource planning systems under the microscope, 2013 budget papers reveal. The government will provide $2.8 million over two years to investigate the costs and benefits of ...
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Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun have found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that ...
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Recent progress in the engineering of plasmonic structures has enabled new kinds of nanometer-scale optoelectronic devices as well as high-resolution optical sensing. But until now, there has been a lack of tools for measuring ...
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Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institut in Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have shown that a single core–shell p–i–n junction gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire ...
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In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers – supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - have demonstrated a ...
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The Pointed Urchin Lamp, the Lesser Spotted Pollen Lamp, and the Greater Spotted Point Lamp may actually fool you. In fact it may look just like a sea creature you may recognize in books, except these have an added feature – light! ...
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Fiber optic cables are the high-speed wires of glass or plastic that is generally used for communication purposes. These days, many large networks of universities, campuses, corporate and government sectors rely on this fast communication ...
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