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• Controlling phase changes in solids

  28-07-2015 22:52
  Rewritable CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs owe their existence to phase-change materials, those materials that change their internal order when heated and whose structures can be switched back and forth between their crystalline and amorphous phases. Phase-change materials have even more exciting applications on the horizon, but our limited ability to precisely control their phase changes is a hurdle to the development of new technology.
  
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• Doctor warns about lead poisoning risk from recycling older electronic equipment

  28-07-2015 18:02
  The disposal and recycling of electronic devices has increased exposure to lead and other toxicants and created 'an emerging health concern,' according to a pediatrician who has expertise in the area.
  
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• Flexible future of point-of-care disease diagnostic

  28-07-2015 15:19
  The world-wide deployment of biomedical devices for health monitoring, point-of-care diagnostics and environmental sensing is hampered by their high cost that is not readily affordable for developing countries. The primary task of a new project is therefore to reduce the price of the devices and allow for their high-volume delivery in a cost efficient manner. For the latter, a crucial aspect is to reduce the weight of the device.
  
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