Applied Sciences
Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer...
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In a paper appearing this week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers describe using their system to produce recognizable 3-D images of a wooden figurine and of foam cutouts outside their camera’s line of sight.
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Nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, originally developed nearly 30 years ago to lower the cost of geothermal drilling.
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Room-temperature reaction takes place in water; can switch from hydrogen storage to release by changing pH.
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A fiber that can emit light along its length in any direction may herald flexible 3-D displays and medical tools that activate therapeutic compounds with bursts of light.
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Imagine a robot sent out on the prowl on this energy hungry planet looking for methane, the principal component of what we call "natural gas" and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth.
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Technique could be used to direct growth of blood vessels or tissues in the laboratory.
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University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen fuel generation.
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The study, published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Food Protection, examined the association between financial performance and FSIS's Salmonella test results in 182 federally inspected chicken establishments between 2007 and 2009.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed the first functional oxide thin films that can be used efficiently in electronics, opening the door to an array of new high-power devices and smart sensors.
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By looking at the way electrons are excited, researchers can gain a better understanding of the new field of transparent electronics.
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For nearly 30 years, BioTek has led the market in developing microplate washing technologies, and is well recognized for the industry standard ELx405™ Microplate Washer.
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