News tagged with molecular diffusion


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Blue light specials: New materials boost efficiency of blue OLEDs by 25 percent

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Lighting consumes one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States. Solid-state lighting offers tremendous potential to improve the situation - once major research challenges are overcome.





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Come on in: Nuclear barrier less restrictive than expected in new cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to the two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, compartmentalization is everything. Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient cells that only have a membrane surrounding their outer boundary, while ...


Rethinking Brownian motion with the 'Emperor's New Clothes'

Physics / Soft Matter

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 10

In the classic fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen uses the eyes of a child to challenge conventional wisdom and help others to see more clearly. In similar fashion, researchers at the University ...


Melting ice under pressure

Melting ice under pressure

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice.


Diffusion tensor imaging increases ability to remove benign tumors in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics finds that operative plans for removing Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with Diffusion Tensor ...


NEC Develops New Full Low-k Cu-interconnect Structure

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 13, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NEC have developed a new Silica-Carbon Composite (SCC) film capable of blocking Cu-atom diffusion into the dielectric films of LSI interconnects. Use of the SCC film establishes an ultimate full-low-k (FLK) Cu interconnect ...


'Microfluidic Palette' May Paint Clearer Picture of Biological Processes

'Microfluidic Palette' May Paint Clearer Picture of Biological Processes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The masterpieces that spring from the talents of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and other artists often begin with the creation of a gradient of colors on a palette. In a similar manner, researchers ...


One-dimensional Diffusion Accelerates Molecular Motors

One-dimensional Diffusion Accelerates Molecular Motors

Biology /

created May 12, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Max Planck scientists have identified a new strategy which motor proteins use to move. The research was carried out by Prof. Jonathon Howard and Stefan Diez at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology ...


Researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential ...


Century-old rule of chemistry overturned -- major implications for drug delivery

Chemistry /

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 1

A new study by research chemists at the University of Warwick has challenged a century old rule of pharmacology that defined how quickly key chemicals can pass across cell walls. The new observations of the Warwick researchers ...


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The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had.



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