Specifically, what the scientists have found is that the iron adopts a crystalline structure, like a diamond, in the Earth's core.
Methane hydrates are frozen water molecules that trap methane gas molecules in a crystalline, lattice-like structure known as a hydrate.
Making flexible circuitry is difficult because logic circuits are traditionally made of transistors etched into a crystalline silicon wafer, which is rigid.
Crystal Systems is a crystalline growth technology company that manufactures high-quality, large area sapphire substrates used in the LED, defense, medical and aerospace industries.
Seeming to lose itself in the strands of time, the Atmos movement projects languid tranquility from within the crystalline confines of a unique glass bubble.
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LEDs are currently made with a crystalline material called gallium nitride.
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In other news, energy-efficient lighting advanced by leaps and bounds this week as we flipped the switch on IKEA's new solar-powered Solvinden lamp and we spotted a crystalline "Stardust" LED lamp made from sugar at the Milan Furniture Fair.
Grotzinger knew from satellite images that there was a layer of crystalline red hematite near the bottom, then a layer of clay about a hundred and sixty feet above it, then a layer of sulfates above that.
In 1956 Mr Sternbach, fiddling with yet another benzodiazepine, treated it with methylamine, made a white crystalline powder, labelled it Ro 5-0690 and put it away on a shelf.
This electric effect had previously been detected only in crystalline materials that possessed a certain symmetry.
We finally got crystalline skies with barely a wisp of cloud.
It took two years to get a stable, crystalline form of the hepatitis C protease enzyme for study.
With attractive, brightly colored exteriors and boasting 14-inch and 15.6-inch HD LED LCD screens, the LG S430 and LG S530 offer an alluring design with a sleek, Crystalline Finish, while also delivering outstanding computing power.
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"We do not envision a realistic scenario in which crystalline silicon modules would be able to achieve cost levels that enable competitive pricing, " he said in a recent call with investors.
All of the technologies will be compared against a set of traditional crystalline silicon panels also on site.
In the gauzy light filtering through the canopy, the water, which was only a foot deep, looked crystalline.
Last week GT Solar ( SOLR), a global provider of polysilicon production technology, crystalline ingot growth systems and related photovoltaic manufacturing services for the solar industry, announced that it had acquired privately-held Crystal Systems.
In this, the stream of video and audio data is recorded as a series of minuscule spots on the disc's surface that have been gently fried by a laser beam and turned from their normal crystalline condition to an amorphous state that has different reflective properties.
But then came a 50 percent fall in the price of conventional crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules as Chinese manufacturers rapidly ramped up production and many CIGS companies backed off their earlier optimistic projections.
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The company has licensed several patents from America's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where a team led by Paul Carey devised a clever way to turn amorphous silicon into the crystalline kind without high temperatures.
After drying and being treated with another solvent, the polymer settles into a regular hexagonal pattern--a kind of plastic-like screen--on the crystalline surface.
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The result is a warm and embracing swirling sonic miasma, with this center of crystalline harmonies as its anchor.
Sometimes two crystalline materials that do not react with each other can be mixed to form a so-called co-crystal.
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For instance, graphite and diamond are both made of carbon, but the difference in the crystalline arrangements of their carbon atoms means that graphite conducts electricity while diamond is a good insulator.
In the lab Cigs has a maximum solar conversion efficiency of 20.2%, better than the 16.5% of a thin-film technology that kicks the pants off the traditional crystalline silicon panels on price per watt of capacity.
Though less efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than conventional crystalline photovoltaics, CIGS cells are essentially printed on glass or flexible metal and use a minimum amount of expensive silicon.
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