It is generally assumed that heat from Earth’s core and mantle, due to the low thermal conductivity of the latter, is transferred to the outer part mainly by convection. This implies swirling movement of an immense amount ...
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A $510,500 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust will help scientists at the University of Oregon's Center for Optics (OCO) jump to a new level in the quest to manipulate light and matter at the atomic level.
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Tiny surface defects that form during processing can reduce the quality and yield of semiconductor devices, magnetic storage media, and other products. Inspection tools that locate, identify, and characterize surface defects ...
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with their colleagues at several companies, are completing experiments that validate new standards aimed at improving emerging new microelectromechanical ...
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Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering say solid fuel particles may be safer for hazardous work environments on earth and burn more efficiently in the microgravity of space than gaseous fuels, which are more ...
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Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., a leading provider of software defined radio (SDR) platforms, today announced that Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a multi-program science and technology laboratory, will use Spectrum's ...
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Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the RKV5000DKK, RKV5010DKK, and RKV5020DKK ultra-compact (1.0 × 0.6 mm) variable capacitance diodes (varicap diodes) for use in TV / VCR tuners for mobile products such as laptop ...
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Computerized systems that automatically match fingerprints have become so sophisticated that the best of them are accurate more than 99 percent of the time, according to the most comprehensive known study of the systems ever ...
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Infineon Technologies (FSE, NYSE: IFX) is developing two new security controllers intended to make electronic identity cards and passports of the future even more secure and versatile, and the first global testing of the ...
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