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• Optics
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  Lighting

  Lighting refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from sunlight. Lighting represents a major component of energy consumption, accounting for ... > more
• Materials Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Electronics
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Polymer

  "Polymer" is a generic term used to describe a very long molecule consisting of structural units and repeating units connected by covalent chemical bonds. A key feature that distinguishes polymers ... > more
• Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
  Nuclear Energy
  Brain Tumor
  Weapons Technology
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  Positron emission tomography

  Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine medical imaging technique which produces a three dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body. PET is both a medical and ... > more
• Electronics
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  Spintronics
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  Integrated circuit

  A monolithic integrated circuit (IC) or often referred to as a microchip or simply chip is a miniaturized electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well as passive ... > more
• Medical Technology
  Medical Imaging
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  Optics
  Today's Healthcare
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  Radiography

  Radiography is the creation of images by exposing a photographic film or other image receptor to X-rays. Since X-rays penetrate solid objects, but are weakened by them depending on the object's ... > more
• Civil Engineering
  Geology
  Earthquakes
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  Engineering geology

  Engineering Geology is the application of the science of geology to the understanding of geologic phenomena and the engineering solution of geologic hazards and other geologic problems for ... > more
• Biochemistry
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  Organic Chemistry
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  Detectors
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  Mass spectrometry

  Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. It is most generally used to find the composition of a physical sample by generating a mass spectrum ... > more
• Energy Technology
  Electricity
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  Electronics
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  Capacitor

  A capacitor is an electrical device that can store energy in the electric field between a pair of closely spaced conductors (called 'plates'). When voltage is applied to the capacitor, electric ... > more
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Sports Science
  Sports Medicine
  Materials Science
  Organic Chemistry
   
  

  Radical (chemistry)

  In chemistry, radicals (often referred to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration. These unpaired electrons are usually ... > more
• Quantum Computers
  Quantum Physics
  Quantum Computing
  Physics
  Spintronics Research
  Spintronics
   
  

  Quantum computer

  A quantum computer is any device for computation that makes direct use of distinctively quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. In a ... > more

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