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Imec Shows Path Toward Non-Si Devices at IEDM 2012

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Comparison of mobility in unstrained and strained Si and Ge p-FinFETs. Unstrained Ge shows degraded mobility w.r.t. strained Si. Strained...

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Imec paves the way for intelligent item-level RFID tagging to replace bar codes: World-first UHF IGZO Schottky diode is breakthrough achievement towards low-cost passive thin-film RFID tags

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Imec’s world-first ultrahigh frequency IGZO Schottky diode

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NASA's GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map

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The variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (...

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NASA to Host Dec. 13 Telecon on Twin Probes' Mission-Ending Moon Impact

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Artist concept of GRAIL mission. Grail will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon to...

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Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance --MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built

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A cross-section transmission electron micrograph of the fabricated transistor. The central inverted V is the gate. The two molybdenum...

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Carbon Nanotubes Determine Morphine, Diclofenac in Drug Samples

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What is Creating Gullies on Vesta?

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This image shows examples of long, narrow, sinuous gullies that scientists on NASA's Dawn mission have found on the...

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Hubble's Glitter galaxy: The ESO 318-13 galaxy

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