History of LEDsNitride semiconductors2014 Nobel Prize in PhysicsIn this paper we shall discuss the development of blue light-emitting (LED) and laser diodes (LD), starting early in the 20th century. Various materials systems were investigated, but in the end, the nitrides of aluminum, gallium ...
Comparison of number of publications on sexual selection (blue line), sperm competition (orange line), and cryptic female choice (gray line) over time. Sperm competition studies by far outnumber cryptic female choice studies. The total number of papers published on sperm competition is 5219 compar...
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the presence of almost a million European settlers, thelegal fictionthat Algeria was anintegralpart of France, and the recent discovery of oil in the southern desert. Fears that the rebellion might spread toTunisiaandMoroccoled the French to make drastic concessions there; in 1956 both of these...
The ultimate crossing of the Rubicon that led to bluegrass becoming a genre happened in 1948 when Flatt & Scruggs departed the Blue Grass Boys to form the most commercially successful of all bluegrass bands [prior to Alison Krauss & Union Station some 50 years later], the Foggy Mountain Boys...
[One year] we had this blue screen of death, and I am coding to get the thing to work. I’m in a panic. I hear, “Try your capsulation!” which is geek-speak for leaving out a parenthesis. I didn’t know I had an audience watching me code live. When I complied, the thing ...
Image of cover in the 1950s courtesy of the archives of Macmillan Publishers.The structure of DNA had been a revelation, but the determination to uncover the first protein structure began the revolution that we now call proteomics. DNA is considered the blueprint of life, but proteins are ...
9. Border and maritime territorial disputes left over by history force China to spend a considerable part of its energy on maintaining relations with neighboring countries. 10. The day trip is led by an expert who will share the folklore and history of the tombs and their royal inhabitants. ...
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The HOLC maps became a tool for widespread discrimination. Would-be homeowners in certain areas found it difficult or impossible to get a mortgage because capital was directed to White families living in green and blue neighborhoods—away from Black and other minority families in yellow and red co...