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University of Utah's Stringfellow Receives International Organization for Crystal Growth's Frank Prize
Aug 1, 2016In a ceremony in Nagoya, Japan on 8 August, Gerald Stringfellow, who is a Distinguished Professor in the University of Utah's departments of materials science & engineering and electrical & computer engineering (and dean of the College of ...
Tags: LEDs, LED crystals
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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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Under Armour to Sponsor New Mexico State University
Apr 19, 2016Under Armour Inc. will become the official outfitter of New Mexico State University, beginning July 1, 2016. As part of the multi-year agreement, Under Armour will provide on-field and training gear for 16 Aggie varsity sports. ...
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Li-Fi Paves a New Future for Lighting
Sep 18, 2015Jules Verne said in Around the World in 80 Days: “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” Today, that is truer than ever before. Did you ever think it would be possible to communicate so easily with anyone around ...
Tags: LED streetlights, LED lighting
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Chemists Discovered How Vibrations Can Be Used to Predict Chemical Reactions
Mar 13, 2014University of Utah chemists discovered how vibrations in chemical bonds can be used to predict chemical reactions and thus design better catalysts to speed reactions that make medicines, industrial products and new materials. "The ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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University of Utah Electrical Engineers Produced Microscopic Structures
Mar 11, 2014Using an inexpensive inkjet printer, University of Utah electrical engineers produced microscopic structures that use light in metals to carry information. This new technique, which controls electrical conductivity within such ...
Tags: Squeezing Light, Metals, Inkjet Printer
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Cochlear Implants Are Among The Most Successful Hearing Devices out There
Feb 25, 2014Cochlear implants are among the most successful hearing devices out there. They have been around for about 30 years and more than 220 000 people worldwide enjoy restored hearing because of them. But they require clunky hardware mounted onto ...
Tags: Hearing Device, MIT, piezoelectric sensor, MEMS
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Women at Higher Risk for Preterm Birth Will Be Helped by Progesterone Injections
Feb 14, 2014New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections. Injections of one type of progesterone, a ...
Tags: Health&Medicine
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Early Childhood Outcomes Among Children Delivered Less Than 34 Weeks Gestation
Feb 14, 2014In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report on a correlation between initial neonatal and early ...
Tags: Neonatal
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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Jan 15, 2014Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...
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Landslides Are One of The Most Hazardous Aspects of Our Planet
Jan 8, 2014Landslides are one of the most hazardous aspects of our planet, causing billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths each year. Most large landslides strike with little warning—and thus geologists do not often have the ...
Tags: Bingham Canyon mine, landslide, Utah, earthquake
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Expectant Mothers Who Smoke Marijuana May Triple Their Risk for a Stillbirth
Dec 26, 2013Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may triple their risk for a stillbirth, a new study suggests. The risk is also increased by smoking cigarettes, using other legal and illegal drugs and being exposed to secondhand smoke. Stillbirth ...
Tags: expectant mothers, smoke, stillbirth, pregnancy, fetal death
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Buried Underneath Compacted Snow and Ice in Greenland Lies a Large Liquid Water Reservoir
Dec 15, 2013Buried underneath compacted snow and ice in Greenland lies a large liquid water reservoir that has now been mapped by researchers using data from NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne campaign. A team of glaciologists serendipitously found ...
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Oleds Offer an Especially Bright Image with High Contrast
Nov 12, 2013OLEDs are already used in the displays of smart phones or digital cameras today. They offer an especially bright image with high contrast, but come with a serious drawback: typically, only one quarter of the electrical energy invested in ...
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AMIC Filed 510(K) Pre-Market Notification to FDA Approval for Its Brachytherapy Product
Nov 5, 2013Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC), a developer of medical isotopes, has filed 510(k) pre-market notification to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Yttrium-90 RadioGel brachytherapy cancer product. In accordance to ...