Cosintering commercially available glass powders with Ce3+:YAG phosphors converted LED blue light into warm white light.
Read MoreGraphene is big–new reports detail generation of graphene nanoribbons on silicon carbide or in a solution-based approach.
Read MoreScientists from Rice University and Russia have developed a phase diagram for the conversion of thin layers of graphene to diamond, which indicate it may be possible to chemically achieve the transition without high pressure.
Read MoreNew circuit design allows for elimination of laptop charger brick Power electronics maker FINsix Corporation announced the development of smallest known laptop adaptor that is one-fourth the size of traditional…
Read MoreBoston-based mobile and tablet blog, Pocketnow, toured the Salem, Mass., plant where GT Advanced Technologies grows sapphire crystals, similar to the ones GT will be growing for Apple in…
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Read MoreTwo recent papers in the ACerS International Journal of Applied Glass Science by a Corning Inc. team show the science behind commercial glasses for LCD substrates.
Read MoreResearchers discovered the VO2 triple point where three solid phases exist in equilibrium at 65°C and zero stress.
Read MoreApplications ranging from atomic clocks to medical diagnostics and calibrating astronomy instruments require laser light at various controlled frequencies. That requires frequency combs, which measure different colors of light. Now…
Read MoreNext time you are driving in the rain, think about the engineering that ensures road signs and road markings are visible. Or just wear your sunglasses. Credit: 3M; You…
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