Traditional displays include cathode ray tube, flat panel display, liquid crystal display (LCD), and light-emitting diode (LED), which require continuous operating voltage to function. Most…
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With the rapid expansion of industrialization and urbanization around the world, resource shortages (especially for fossil energy) have posed a major challenge for modern human…
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Since the advent of tribology, conflicting fundamental laws regarding the relationship that exists between friction and contact area in dry sliding condition have existed, which…
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Physical and mental health is a factor of subjective age (the age you feel). As one age naturally, the subjective age is seen to adopt…
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By now, most of us know someone who has benefited from the wide range of protein therapeutics produced by the biopharmaceutical industry; someone who had…
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New pollution-free fuels are being trialed to enhance and eventually replace fossil fuels. A diesel-based fuel with an added hydrocarbon compound has been shown to…
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Today’s failures in solid waste management is a situation that jeopardizes our environment in huge ways: landfills are the third largest anthropogenic source of methane…
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The Near-Earth (not hazardous to Earth) asteroid 433 Eros was explored by the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft in 2000-2001. This mission, built and designed by the Johns…
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Rare earth elements (REE) have become a highly valuable commodity due to their increased use in emerging technological applications. The future exploitation of areas with…
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The theory of quantum mechanics lies at the basis of our modern understanding of how microscopic particles such as electrons and atomic nuclei behave. Despite…
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The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science (EPSS) at UCLA has an impressive record of leadership or participation in NASA missions. For example, the…
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