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Ocutrx Technologies' HemoLucence can digitally visualize areas of the body covered by up to a quarter inch of human blood.

But axions were pushed aside as the WIMPs hypothesis gained more steam. Back-of-the-envelope calculations showed that the ...

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This paper describes a way to implement a transparent electrode for symmetrical emission from the bottom and top sides of transparent organic light-emitting diodes (TOLEDs). An ultrathin (~6 nm) and ...

Liquid-phase crystallization of Si films on textured glass by line-focus diode laser produces a material with large highquality grains of several hundred micrometers in width and up to centimeters in ...

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