Apple's flagship iPhone X hit stores in Asia Friday, as the world's most valuable company predicted bumper sales despite the handset's eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 3, 2017
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Imagine a tiny drop. It contains water, the fizzy antiseptic hydrogen peroxide, and a common, yellowish chemical called glyoxal. When the droplet is exposed to light, a cascade of reactions occurs, producing new materials. ...
Polymers
Nov 2, 2017
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Increasing organic runoff as a result of climate change may be reducing the penetration of pathogen-killing ultraviolet (UV) sunlight in inland lakes, rivers, and coastal waters, according to a new study in the journal Scientific ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2017
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With its new iPhone X, Apple is setting the ambitious goal for itself of reinventing the smartphone, again.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 1, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Jinan University, both in China, has developed a new type of invisible ink. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group ...
Diatoms, a kind of algae that reproduces prodigiously, have been called "the jewels of the sea" for their ability to manipulate light. Now, researchers hope to harness that property to boost solar technology.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2017
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NUS chemists have developed a new class of crystalline materials to potentially harvest near-infrared (NIR) radiation.
Materials Science
Oct 16, 2017
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Glow-in-the-dark paints that have improved flexibility and transparency while also being cheaper and easier to manufacture are on the horizon courtesy of new research from Kyushu University. In a groundbreaking demonstration, ...
Materials Science
Oct 2, 2017
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Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical and other photonic devices based on organic thin films. Often used in cancer treatments and health monitoring, thin films have all the capabilities ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 2, 2017
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Ice analogs mimicking interstellar ice behave like liquids at temperatures between -210°C and -120°C according to Hokkaido University researchers. This liquid-like ice may enhance the formation of organic compounds including ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 29, 2017
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