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Electron sandwich doubles thermoelectric performance

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Researchers from Hokkaido University and their colleagues in Japan and Taiwan have more than doubled the ability of a material to transform wasted heat into usable electricity by significantly narrowing the space through which spread electrons move, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Nature Communications.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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He helped develop MOS analog-to-digital converters, expanding the use of the technology to industries including communications, signal processing, environmental sensing, and semiconductors. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Later, the converted Kim would become the “loudest-speaking” professor at KAIST, according to several fellow faculty members, and they say his absence made the whole campus seem quiet. Although South Korea has competed furiously with Taiwan in recent decades, its most formidable challenger in the future will likely be China, whose ambitious.

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New systems biology model for wood formation can lead to progress in biofuel and green chemistry applications

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Researchers in the US, China and Taiwan have developed a new systems biology model that mimics the process of wood formation, allowing scientists to predict the effects of switching on and off the 21 (at least) pathway genes involved in producing lignin, a primary component of wood. The model tracks 25 key wood traits. Muddiman, Mark F.

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