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Physics & Astronomy

OLED Project Rollex Launches: Cutting Coating Costs with Roll-To-Roll

Using the roll-to-roll-concept, noticeable lower coating costs are expected in comparision to cluster or inline concepts used for display production….

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Discover Solar-Powered Asteroid’s Unique Rotation

The team reconstructed Apollo's shape and determined its rotational state using brightness measurements from several years. They found that Apollo's rotation…

Physics & Astronomy

Integrating OLEDs on Silicon: A New Era for System-on-Chip

Therefore CMOS active area space below the OLED electrode is available for additional circuitry in a System-on-Chip setup, including OLED driving (as minor…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Undiagnosed Depression in Elderly Increases Death Risk

In a project involving more than 300 elderly people who had been discharged from hospital, 17% were found to have previously undiagnosed depression and of that…

Social Sciences

Innovative Research Links Oral Health to Dignity in Homelessness

“Homeless people associate oral health with feelings of human dignity,” says Patricia De Palma, dentist and author of a new doctoral thesis on homelessness and…

Physics & Astronomy

The Giant that Turned Out to be a Dwarf

New data obtained on the apparent celestial couple, NGC 5011 B and C, taken with the 3.6-m ESO telescope, reveal that the two galaxies are not at the same…

Health & Medicine

IFST Updates on Avian Influenza and Food Safety Measures

The highly pathogenic H5NI strains of avian flu which are transmitted from wild birds to domestic poultry are currently transmissible to humans only with great…

Health & Medicine

NDDO, ESMO, and NCI Launch Conference on Targeted Cancer Therapies

The announcement comes after the appointment of Professor Giuseppe Giaccone, President of the TAT series’ Organizing Committee, as the new Chief of the Medical…

Technology Offerings

Cleaning Solid-State Surfaces: Microstructural Techniques Explained

The invention deals with the cleaning of solid-state surfaces which shall be analysed by microscopic and/or spectroscopic techniques under conditions of low…

Earth Sciences

Antarctic Ice Sheet's Hidden Lakes Speed Ice Flow Into Ocean, May Disrupt Climate

In a new study, researchers have unearthed how water from this vast subglacial system contributes to the formation of ice streams, and how it plays a crucial…

Interdisciplinary Research

NASA's Advanced Technology Peers Deep Inside Hurricanes

During July and August 2006, a team of international scientists, including NASA researchers, journeyed to the west coast of Africa. Their mission was to better…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Innovations in Anesthetics: The Physics of Nerve Impulses

Every medical and biological textbook says that nerves function by sending electrical impulses along their length. “But for us as physicists, this cannot be…

Studies and Analyses

CT Lung Cancer Screening: Study Finds No Survival Benefit

The first report of an international study looking at computed tomography (CT) to screen current or former smokers for lung cancer found that screening did not…

Physics & Astronomy

Galaxy survey focuses on 'pre-teen' years

A massive project to generate an all-color map of the galaxies in a small area of sky, utilizing four satellite telescopes and four ground-based telescopes, is…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Discovering the Unique Qualities of White Wine

While white wine has ancient origins – residue of white wine was found in the tomb of the Egyptian king, Tutankhamun – researchers know that the ancestors of…

Environmental Conservation

Texas A&M study proves pollution from China And India affecting world's weather

Renyi Zhang, professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M and lead author of the paper, says the study is the first of its kind that provides indisputable…

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