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Turning metal black more than just a novelty

Physics / General Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Rochester optics professor Chunlei Guo made headlines in the past couple of years when he changed the color of everyday metals by scouring their surfaces with precise, high-intensity laser bursts.





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Life after silicon

Life after silicon: Using exotic materials to help microchips keep improving

Technology / Semiconductors

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The huge increases in the power and capacity of computers, cell phones and communications networks in the last 40 years have been the result of ever-shrinking silicon transistors. But silicon ...


Rodent smoke screen

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US. Their findings of how rats' brains respond to ...


Undergrad researchers lay groundwork for drug addiction remedy

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Sarah Steele and Langtian "Ren" Yuan were both self-admittedly inexperienced Duke freshmen in the spring of 2006. But then they followed helpful directions of an assistant chemistry professor, added their own patience and ...



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