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The last of the radium-226 standards that Marie Curie personally handled is destined for a radioactive materials waste dump. Presented here is a history of the
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A free-space measurement method is presented for the characterization of low-loss dielectric materials at millimeter-wave (MMW) frequencies that does not
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Materials 2373 is a set of genomic DNA samples prepared from five breast cancer
Giulio Preta, Marija Jankunec, Frank Heinrich, Sholeem Griffin, Iain Martin Sheldon, Gintaras Valincius
We demonstrate the use of tethered bilayers (tBLMs) as an experimental platform for functional and structural studies of membrane associated proteins by the
David M. Fobes, Igor A. Zaliznyak, John M. Tranquada, Zhijun Xu, Genda D. Gu, Xu-Gang He, Wei Ku, Yang Zhao, Masaaki Matsuda, V. Ovidiu Garlea, Barry Winn
Investigation of the inelastic neutron scattering spectra in Fe 1+yTe 1-xSe x near a signature wave vector Q = (1,0,0) for the bond-order wave (BOW) formation
Past research has examined the effect of urban trees on storm-water runoff using hydrological models or small-scale experiments. However, there has been no
M. S. Bryan, Timothy R Prisk, Richard Azuah, W. G. Stirling, P.E. Sokol
We present high-resolution neutron Compton scattering measurements of liquid 3He below its renormalized Fermi temperature. Theoretical predictions are in
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Solid lithium and sodium closo-polyborate-based salts are capable of superionic conductivities surpassing even liquid electrolytes, but often only at above
Eric P. Vetter, Liwei Geng, Priya Ghatwai, Dustin A. Gilbert, Yongmei Jin, William A. Soffa, Jerrold A. Floro
The Co-Pt nanochessboard is a quasi-periodic, nanocomposite tiling of Ll 0 and Ll 2 magnetic phases that offers a novel structure for the investigation of
T D. Shoji, W Xie, Kevin L. Silverman, Ari Feldman, Todd E. Harvey, Richard Mirin, Thomas Schibli
Low-noise, high-repetition-rate mode-locked solid-state lasers are attractive for precision measurement and microwave generation, but the best lasers in terms
The field of human behavior in fire (HBiF) is founded by and has deep roots within the field of fire protection (or safety) engineering. The influence of
Frederick R. Bieber, John Buckleton, Bruce Budowle, John Butler, Michael D. Coble
The evaluation and interpretation of forensic DNA mixture evidence faces greater interpretational challenges due to increasingly complex mixture evidence. Such
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Most of the manufacturing and engineering industries, especially aerospace and defense, are evolving and starting to use 3D models as the central knowledge
Cedric J. Powell, B Da, Shigeo Tanuma, H. Yoshikawa, H Shinotsuka, David R. Penn
We calculated electron inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs) for liquid water from its optical energy-loss function (ELF) for electron energies from 50 eV to 30 keV
We here report the observed magneto-transport behavior in a hydrogen-intercalated epitaxial graphene device grown on an SiC substrate. We analyze both the
Jiakui K. Wang, Shan Wu, Yiming Qiu, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Qingzhen Huang, Collin L. Broholm, E. Morosan
The complex magnetism and transport properties of tetragonal Ce 3Cu 4As 4O 2 were examined through neutron scattering and physical properties measurements on