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Physics & Astronomy

Enhancing LED Efficiency: Copper Substrates for GaN Crystals

The new copper substrate enabled the GaN crystals to release some of the internal stresses generated when they originally formed. This relaxation helped…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover X-ray Excited Luminescence Microscopy Innovations

The imager is based on a technique known as X-ray excited luminescence microscopy (XELM). It was created by hitching a standard optical microscope to a…

Process Engineering

Ultra Short Pulsed Lasers Transform Industrial Processes

The use of ultra short pulsed (USP) lasers in industrial applications has been a major focus of research for several years. The focus seminar “Basics and New…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers pinpoint elusive galaxy after decade-long hunt – and find it's not alone

The galaxy is at a distance of 12.5 billion light years. Hence, we see it as it was 12.5 billion years ago. Even more of a surprise, HDF850.1 turns out to be…

Life & Chemistry

Bonobo Genome Sequencing Complete: A Scientific Breakthrough

In a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, an international team of scientists has completed the sequencing and…

Event News

Unlocking Dark Matter: Insights for a Brighter Future

Almost two thirds of our universe is made up of dark energy. It is invisibly interwoven with the empty space, and forces the universe to expand at an…

Power and Electrical Engineering

A 'dirt cheap' magnetic field sensor from 'plastic paint'

University of Utah physicists developed an inexpensive, highly accurate magnetic field sensor for scientific and possibly consumer uses based on a “spintronic”…

Life & Chemistry

Living Microprocessor Tunes in to Feedback

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) – tiny strands of non-protein-coding RNAs – start off as long strands of precursor miRNAs. These long strands get chopped up by a special…

Earth Sciences

North-East Passage Set to Be Ice-Free This Summer

The North-East Passage, the sea route along the North coast of Russia, is expected to be free of ice early again this summer. The forecast was made by sea ice…

Materials Sciences

New CO2 Absorbing Material Shows Promise for Carbon Capture

The findings, published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Nature Materials, form part of ongoing efforts to develop new materials for gas storage…

Awards Funding

Johnson Controls honored with 'Supplier of the Year' and 'Concept Interior of the Year' awards

Johnson Controls, a global leader in automotive interiors and electronics, received two awards at the Automotive Interiors Expo 2012 in Stuttgart. An…

Event News

Fifth ESMT Annual Forum: Leading Across Generations in Berlin

The 5th ESMT Annual Forum begins today at 2:30 p.m. at ESMT European School of Management and Technology in Berlin. In cooperation with the International…

Studies and Analyses

New Report Reveals Insights on Oyster Reef Restoration

In an effort to advance the field of coastal restoration, The Nature Conservancy and a team of scientists from more than a dozen management agencies and…

Physics & Astronomy

Black Hole Growth Found to be Out of Synch

Astronomers long have thought that a supermassive black hole and the bulge of stars at the center of its host galaxy grow at the same rate — the bigger the…

Communications Media

Dear (insert company name), personalized emails don't impress customers

But the research – which drew from 10 million marketing emails sent to 600,000 customers – also shows there is a way companies can use personal information…

Studies and Analyses

Avatars Aid Children With Social Anxiety in Overcoming Fear

Many children would smile and eagerly return those compliments, but some with social anxiety may be too terrified to respond. Researchers at the University of…

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