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Materials Sciences

Rice University Scientists Transform Graphene Oxide Sustainability

“We can make you and we can break you.” If Rice University scientists wrote country songs, their ode to graphene oxide would start something like that. But…

Studies and Analyses

Anguish Of Romantic Rejection May Be Linked To Stimulation Of Areas Of Brain Related To Motivation, Reward And Addiction

The team of researchers, which included Arthur Aron, Ph.D., professor of social and health psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook…

Physics & Astronomy

An Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass

That’s exactly what Elena Semouchkina, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan Tech, is doing. She has found ways to use…

Physics & Astronomy

Black Hole Jerked Around Twice

The axis of the spinning black hole is thought to have moved, but not the black hole itself, so this result differs from recently published work on recoiling…

Studies and Analyses

High-Res Imaging Enhances Vision Research in Birds of Prey

Bird observatories all over the world may benefit from a newly designed high-resolution imaging system used to study the retinal structure of live birds of…

Studies and Analyses

Media May be Hyping Benefits of Organic Food, Agriculture

Powell, an associate professor of food safety, is the co-author of “Coverage of organic agriculture in North American newspapers: Media — linking food safety,…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Pinpoint Key Stem Cells for Eating and Sex

New research, published in the journal Development, by Dr. Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, professor of Pharmacology & Physiology and director of the newly formed GW…

Physics & Astronomy

Hyperfast Star Was Booted from Milky Way

This story may seem like science fiction, but astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say it is the most likely scenario for a so-called hypervelocity…

Medical Engineering

GPS-Like System Enhances Radiation Precision for Prostate Cancer

A new system that utilizes a precise a GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors is now being offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy at…

Machine Engineering

Heavy-Duty Motion Sensing Switch for Primary Industries

Located outside of the process, Sitrans WM100 accurately detects operating conditions without wear on the sensor. Sitrans WM100 can be mounted up to 100 mm…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Mechanics not in Jeopardy – Physicists confirm a decades-old key principle experimentally

In quantum mechanics many propositions are made in probabilities. In 1926 German physicist Max Born postulated that the probability to find a quantum object at…

Technology Offerings

New Organic Compounds Enhance Photovoltaic Efficiency

The manufacturing of common solar cells based on silicon consums too much of valuable resources. That is the reason why scientific and industrial research…

Technology Offerings

Organometallic compounds – synthesis of aryl aluminium halogenides

Organometallic compounds are very important for the forming of new carbon-carbon bonds in many chemical reactions. For the first time it is possible to…

Technology Offerings

New OLED Emitters Enhance Device Performance and Efficiency

This invention comprises light-emitting organometallic compounds (triplet emitters) for the use in OLED devices. A good solubility of this compouds enables an…

Technology Offerings

MgCl2-Mediated Carbonylation of Organozinc Reagents Explained

Organometallic reagents serve as a highly diverse toolkit for synthetic organic chemists. The invention highlights a new MgCl2 mediated addition of organozincs…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Nano Ink: Colorful Solution for Printing Industries

The invention describes coloured nanoparticles that are dispersed in water. This kind of nano-ink can be used for ink jet cartridges, toners and for industrial…

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