Characterizing and predicting how electrically-heated silicate glass behaves is important because it is used in a variety of devices that drive technical innovations. Silicate glass is used in display screens. Glass fibers ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 26, 2019
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A team of researchers from Lehigh University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lebanon Valley College and Corning Inc. has demonstrated, for the first time, that crystals manufactured by lasers within a glass matrix maintain ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 29, 2019
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The leading theory about how the universe began is the Big Bang, which says that 14 billion years ago the universe existed as a singularity, a one-dimensional point, with a vast array of fundamental particles contained within ...
General Physics
Jan 14, 2019
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The gender pay gap in the United States persists across all demographics and industries, according to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), a leading voice in promoting equity and education for women and girls.
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2019
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report this October about what it would take to cap rising global temperatures at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Hitting this target has motivated ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 9, 2019
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The more a company's board is independent from management, the less likely it will become entangled in corporate misconduct, according to new findings, from a meta-analysis of 135 studies, published in The Journal of Management. ...
Economics & Business
Jan 2, 2019
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The structure of cross-linked polymeric gels is very similar to soft tissue—which is one reason that understanding this material is so critical, according to Kelly Schultz, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical ...
Polymers
Nov 12, 2018
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Could studying the peat moss that grows in the Arctic Tundra help mitigate the impacts of climate change?
Environment
Aug 29, 2018
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As an embryo develops, tissues bend into complex three-dimensional shapes that lead to organs. Epithelial cells are the building blocks of this process forming, for example, the outer layer of skin. They also line the blood ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 27, 2018
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People are either Facebook users or they are not.
Internet
Jul 25, 2018
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