Science

Penn develops computer model that will help design flexible touchscreens

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Researchers simulate electrical resistances (lines) to match experimental data (points) and extract the contact resistance.

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Engineers make golden breakthrough to improve electronic devices

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Vikas Berry, William H. Honstead professor of chemical engineering, and his research team have studied a new three-atom-thick material --...

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Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae

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Astronomers have used ESO's New Technology Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to explore more than 100...

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Production of Multi-Layer Titania Nanotube Arrays with Application in Advanced Medicine

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Measuring progress in nanotech design

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Tracking a nanowire device's photocurrent responses, created by varying the wavelengths of a laser, will allow Drexel researchers to make...

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Biodegradable Nanofibrous Scaffold Designed for Cell Growth, Tissue Recovery

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Creating a 'window' to the brain: University of California, Riverside researchers develop novel transparent skull implant that could provide new treatment options for disorders such as brain cancer and traumatic brain injury

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This is an illustrated cross section of the head that shows how the transparent skull implant works.

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Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth

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Artist's rendition of a transit of GJ 1214 b in blue light. The blue sphere represents the host star GJ 1214, and the black ball in...

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