News tagged with fabric samples
Simulating real-world surfaces
These days, cars are developed on computers, and to assist with this, designers want processes which generate realistic surfaces such as seat covers. Researchers have now developed high-resolution scanners ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Does 'sun-protective' clothing work?
Dear EarthTalk: Is there really such a thing as "sun-protective clothing"? If so, does it mean I can dispense with oily sunscreens once and for all? (John Sugarman, San Diego, Calif.)
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Amazing skin gives sharks a push
Shark skin has long been known to improve the fish's swimming performance by reducing drag, but now George Lauder and Johannes Oeffner from Harvard University show that in addition, the skin generates thrust, ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Searching for a solid that flows like a liquid
(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter called supersolidity: ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Bright lights of purity: Researchers discover why pure quantum dots and nanorods shine brighter
To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries – gravity, penicillin, the New World – add this: Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered why a promising ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Eureka! Kitchen gadget inspires scientist to make more effective plastic electronics
One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a kitchen gadget that vacuum-seals food in plastic. The demo stuck with him. The simple concept – an airtight seal ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Hurricane Katrina survivors struggle with mental health years later, study says
(Medical Xpress) -- Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Lead blood levels may increase smokers' risk for kidney cancer
Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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High-power, 532 nm-wavelength compact green laser module with high efficiency, high-speed modulation capability
QD Laser, Inc., the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, the University of Tokyo, and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the successful development of a high-power 532 nm-wavelength ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Childhood hypersensitivity linked to OCD
In childhood, rituals like regular schedules for meal, bath, and bed times are a healthy part of behavioral development. But combined with oral and tactile sensitivities, such as discomfort at the dentist or irritation caused ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Quantum tunneling results in record transistor performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling power consumption in mobile devices and large scale data centers is a pressing concern for the computer chip industry. Researchers from Penn State and epitaxial wafer maker IQE ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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UV lithography: Taking extreme measures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometime soon, microchip fabricators will take the next major step in the relentless reduction of feature size, from the current minimum of 22 nm down to 10 nm and perhaps even smaller. Getting ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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