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Chemical inventory management solutions improve compliance and sustainability impact of Accelrys' Scientific Innovation Lifecycle Management portfolio
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Micromeritics Instrument Corporation is proud to announce its national accreditation as a Post-Secondary Avocational/Professional Development Institution by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education. Attendees of Micromeritics Learning Center (MLC) courses can now earn nationally accredited Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for completion of instrument operator training.
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Imagine untwisting a finger-size spring, then holding the flame from a lighter underneath the unraveled section. Like magic, it twirls itself into a spring again because the metal alloy remembered its original shape.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) analyzed more than 50,000 home sales near 67 wind facilities in 27 counties across nine U.S. states, yet was unable to uncover any impacts to nearby home property values.
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Darwin referred to the origin of species as "that mystery of mysteries," and even today, more than150 years later, evolutionary biologists cannot fully explain how new animals and plants arise.
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Clemson University researchers focusing on switchgrass as a renewable fuel source are looking to fungi and bacteria—nature’s specialists in decomposing plants and animals into elements that can be reused to support life—to help make cost-competitive biofuels from plant biomass
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Venom of the brown recluse spider causes a reaction in the body that is different from what researchers previously thought, a discovery that could lead to development of new treatments for spider bites.
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Novel optoelectronic technique reveals limitations to the movement of electrons through organic solar cells, pointing the way toward improved performance.
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A pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record for stability. The clocks act like 21st-century pendulums or metronomes that could swing back and forth with perfect timing for a period comparable to the age of the universe.
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In the search for clean, green sustainable energy sources to meet human needs for generations to come, perhaps no technology matches the ultimate potential of artificial photosynthesis.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the United Kingdom will collaborate to expand industry's use of supercomputing to boost economic competitiveness in the two countries.
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