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WIRED's Gadget Challenge - Mind-Controlled Helicopters

What happens when you take hi-tech toys and put them into overdrive? Find out, as Justin and Erik test out a brain-controlled helicopter, littleBits circuit modules, and a wheeling app-controlled robot called Ollie.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - What $500 Can Get You on Magic (Silicon Valley’s Newest Texting-Based Delivery Service)

We gave tech writer Brent Rose $500 to stress-test Silicon Valley’s overnight sensation, Magic. From meatballs to medicinal cannabis to Mexican wrestling, see what unfolds when he pushes the new text message-based delivery service.




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Split Screen - Silicon Valley's Gender Gap

Peter and Kelli Rubin love TV, movies, and games but don’t always see eye to eye—and the return of Mike Judge's HBO satire is no exception.




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Flying in the Folding ICON A5 Airplane

For years we've been promised flying cars and for years we've been disappointed. The ICON A5, with its folding wings, may be the closest thing yet, and it's a boat, too! WIRED writer Tim Moynihan goes for a ride in the A5 over New York City.




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Hacker Lexicon: A Guide to Ransomware, the Scary Hack That’s on the Rise

Ransomware is a rising type of malware that locks your keyboard or computer until you pay a ransom, typically in Bitcoin. Find out how the sophisticated hacks happen and learn what you can do to avoid falling victim to them.




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'Silicon Valley' Cast Explains What Real Startups Do (NSFW)

Mozido? Nutanix? We gave the Silicon Valley cast the names of real startups and asked them to guess what they do. This is NSFW, so put those headphones on.




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Silicon Valley Mourns Andy Grove, a Titan of Tech

Grove is routinely mentioned as part of the same pantheon that includes Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Steve Jobs. And with good reason.




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Everything You Missed at Silicon Valley Comic Con

For the first time ever Silicon Valley hosted its very own Comic Con. It didn't quite measure up to the San Diego incarnation that dominates entertainment headlines every year, but it shows promise.




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Silicon Valley Opens 1-3

Three opens from Silicon Valley. Courtesy HBO.




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Here’s the Untold Backstory of the Iconic Slimer From Ghostbusters

It never made it into the new reboot of ‘Ghostbusters,’ but writer Katie Dippold and director/co-writer Paul Feig definitely wrote a backstory for one of the franchise’s most beloved characters: Slimer.




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These Self-Flying Helicopters Team Up to Fight Fires and Save Lives

Two Lockheed Martin helicopters, with help from a pair of drones, join forces to fight fires and save lives.




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How Trump's Immigration Crackdown Will Hurt Silicon Valley

Immigrants founded half of the billion dollar startups in the US. Now many worry that Trump's current travel ban and any future restrictions to work visas could hamper growth in Silicon Valley.




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Silicon Valley's Favorite Shoe Company Has Some New Kicks

Last year, the San Francisco startup Allbirds released a shoe it calls the Wool Runner. This eco-friendly, merino wool sneaker exploded in popularity in Bay Area. Now, Allbirds is unveiling its second product, the Wool Lounger.




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5 of the Most Iconic 'Fast & Furious' Cars From the Guy Who Built Them

Dennis McCarthy, the man behind all of the cars from the Fast and the Furious franchise, gives us his insights on five iconic cars from the films.




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Women Engineers On the Rampant Sexism of Silicon Valley

Five female engineers discuss the sexism of the tech industry and why greater diversity and inclusion makes better products for everyone.




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Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show

If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France.




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Why Scoring an "Olimpico" Goal in Soccer is Almost Impossible

The "gol olimpico" or "Olympic goal" – an unassisted corner kick bent into goal – is one of the rarest in soccer. WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez straps on his shin-guards to explore the shot's perfect mix of soccer science and skill.




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How Tom Cruise Learned to Fly His Own Helicopter Stunt for Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Tom Cruise is famous for doing his own stunts, and he's back in Mission: Impossible - Fallout with what might just be the most dangerous one yet--spinning a helicopter around while diving down over a waterfall. Cruise learned to fly at Airbus's base in Texas -- so WIRED's Jack Stewart went to find out what it takes.




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Taking on Amazon, Google & Silicon Valley: EU Competition Chief Talks Tech with WIRED's Nicholas Thompson

WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson discusses the regulation of tech companies and their products with European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager.




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Tech Support - Astronaut Nicole Stott Answers Space Questions From Twitter

Astronaut Nicole Stott, director of the Space for Art Foundation, uses the power of Twitter to answer common questions about space. Is there an age limit for space travel? What do you do if you get sick in space? How often does the ISS get additional supplies? What happens when a ship blows up in space? Nicole answers all these space questions and more!




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Quantum states and scattering in semiconductor nanostructures / Camille Ndebeka-Bandou, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Francesca Carosella, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France, Gérald Bastard, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

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A guide to mathematical methods for physicists : advanced topics and applications / Michela Petrini (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France), Gianfranco Pradisi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Alberto Zaffaroni (University of Milano-Bicocca, Ita

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States' gains, labor's losses [electronic resource] : China, France, and Mexico choose global liaisons, 1980-2000 / Dorothy J. Solinger

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Smart feedback [electronic resource] / Jane Rodríguez del Tronco, Rosa Rodríguez del Tronco, Noemí Vico García ; prólogo de Santiago Vázquez, epílogo de Andrés Ortega

Rodríguez del Tronco, Jane, author




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The Holocene and Anthropocene environmental history of Mexico: a paleoecological approach on Mesoamerica / edited by Nuria Torrescano- Valle, Gerald A. Islebe, Priyadarsi D. Roy

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Advances in natural hazards and hydrological risks: proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ'19), Pico Island--Azores 2019 / Francisco Fernandes, Ana Malheiro, Helder I. Chaminé, editors

Online Resource




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Metal assisted chemical etching of silicon in the gas phase: a nanofabrication platform for X-ray optics

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,869-879
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00709A, Communication
Open Access
Lucia Romano, Matias Kagias, Joan Vila-Comamala, Konstantins Jefimovs, Li-Ting Tseng, Vitaliy A. Guzenko, Marco Stampanoni
Gas-MacEtch of Si with a Pt catalyst allows vertical etching nanostructures with an extreme aspect ratio up to 10 000 : 1.
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Fast Deposition of Ultrathin, Highly Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Film for High-Performance Transistors

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00096E, Communication
Xiali Zhang, Wei Deng, Bei Lu, Xiaochen Fang, Xiujuan Zhang, Jiansheng Jie
Ultrathin organic semiconductor (OSC) crystalline films hold the promise of achieving high-performance, flexible, and transparent organic electronic devices. However, fast and high-throughput solution deposition of uniform pinhole-free ultrathin OSC crystalline...
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Electrical stability study of polymer-based organic transistors in ambient air using an active semiconducting/insulating polyblend-based pseudo-bilayer

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00048E, Research Article
Bo-Ren Lin, Horng-Long Cheng, Hung-Han Lin, Fu-Chiao Wu, Jia-Hui Lin, Wei-Yang Chou, Jrjeng Ruan, Yu-Wu Wang
Polymeric transistors with unexpected nondecaying features even in ambient air are fabricated based on a P3HT/PMMA pseudo-bilayer with microphase separation morphology.
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Fluoro-alkyl substituted isothianaphthene bisimides as stable n-type semiconductors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00137F, Research Article
Xiaolong Chen, Dongwei Zhang, Yaowu He, Muhammad Umair Ali, Yuting Wu, Changbin Zhao, Peiheng Wu, Chaoyi Yan, Fred Wudl, Hong Meng
Two fluoro-alkyl substituted isothianaphthene bisimide materials with high solubility and their applications in stable n-type OTFTs are demonstrated.
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Multiring-induced multicolour emission: hyperbranched polysiloxane with silicon bridge for data encryption

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1375-1382
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00075B, Research Article
Yuanbo Feng, Hongxia Yan, Fan Ding, Tian Bai, Yufeng Nie, Yan Zhao, Weixu Feng, Ben Zhong Tang
The presented work shows an impressive multicolour luminescence hyperbranched polysiloxane attributed to the multiring through-space conjugation named “multiring induced multicolor emission” (MIE), as well as its application in data encryption.
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The red sofa / Michèle Lesbre ; translated by Nicole and David Ball

Hayden Library - PQ2672.E7356 C3613 2016




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Hunger and irony in the French Caribbean: literature, theory, and public life / Nicole Simek

Hayden Library - PQ3940.5.S56 2016




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Debugging game history: a critical lexicon / edited by Henry Lowood and Raiford Guins; editorial assistant, A.C. Deger

Hayden Library - GV1469.3.D43 2016




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Minor platforms in videogame history / Benjamin Nicoll

Dewey Library - GV1469.3.N53 2019




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[ASAP] Balancing Density Functional Theory Interaction Energies in Charged Dimers Precursors to Organic Semiconductors

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01193




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[ASAP] Electronic Structure of Multicomponent Organic Molecular Materials: Evaluation of Range-Separated Hybrid Functionals

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00138




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[ASAP] Generalized Form for Finite-Size Corrections in Mutual Diffusion Coefficients of Multicomponent Mixtures Obtained from Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00268




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High performance method for the accurate and precise determination of silicon isotopic compositions in bulk silicate rock samples using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00036A, Paper
Chenxi Zhang, He Zhao, Wen Zhang, Tao Luo, Ming Li, Keqing Zong, Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu
MC-ICP-MS has become one of the most powerful analytical methods for Si isotopes in bulk liquid and solid samples in the past decade. Laser ablation provides direct sampling of solid...
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An advanced three-dimensionally ordered macroporous NiCo2O4 spinel as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8554-8565
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00874E, Paper
José Béjar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Janet Ledesma-García, Noé Arjona, Luis Gerardo Arriaga
A rechargeable ZAB was assembled using a NiCo2O4 3DOM spinel displaying an open circuit potential of 1.44 V, a power density of 101 mW cm−2, and a high durability during charge/discharge cycling (being operated for 21 h).
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Semiconducting polymer contributes favorably to the Seebeck coefficient in multi-component, high-performance n-type thermoelectric nanocomposites

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02388D, Paper
Junhui Tang, Ruisi Chen, Lidong Chen, Guillermo C. Bazan, Ziqi Liang
n-Type Co NWs/N2200 TENCs yield a high S, mainly from the semiconducting polymer, yet σ is limited by poor connectivity between inorganic and organic domains. By adding flexible n-doped SWCNTs to yield more conductive paths, σ and mechanical bendability are greatly enhanced.
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Al-Sc Dual Doped LiGe2(PO4)3 - a NASICON-Type Solid Electrolyte with Improved Ionic Conductivity

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00517G, Paper
Yosef Nikodimos, Meng-Che Tsai, Ljalem Hadush Abrha, Haile Hisho Weldeyohannis, Shuo-Feng Chiu, Hailemariam Kassa Bezabh, Kassie Nigus Shitaw, Fekadu Wubatu Fenta, She-Huang Wu, Wei-Nien Su, Yang Chun-Chen, Bing Joe Hwang
LiGe2(PO4)3 (LGP), a NASICON type solid electrolyte has many advantages like superior electrochemical and thermal stability to use in all solid state lithium batteries. However, its low ionic conductivity is...
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Violin concerto & Fiddle dance suite / Nicola Benedetti, Wynton Marsalis

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Feico solo.

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Paper: material, medium and magic / edited by Neil Holt, Nicola von Velsen and Stephanie Jacobs ; with photographs by Thorsten Kern

Browsery TS1105.P134 2018




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Valley of genius: the uncensored history of Silicon Valley, as told by the hackers, founders, and freaks who made it boom / Adam Fisher

Browsery HD9696.2.U63 C3542 2018




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Structural and chemical characterization of metals, alloys and compounds, 2011: symposium held August 14-19, 2011, Cancún, Mexico / editors, Ramiro Pérez Campos, Antonio Contreras Cuevas, Rodrigo A. Esparza Muñoz

Hayden Library - TA459.S967 2011




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Structural and chemical characterization of metals, alloys and compounds, 2014: symposium held August 17-21, 2014, Cancún, Mexico / editors, Dr. Ramiro Pérez Campos, Dr. Antonio Contreras Cuevas, Dr. Rodrigo A. Esparza Muñoz

Hayden Library - TA459.S765 2014




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Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals, Alloys and Compounds--2013: August 11-15, 2013, Cancun, Mexico / editors, A. Contreras-Cuevas, R. Perez Campos, R. Esparza Munoz

Barker Library - TN605.S77 2013




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A novel design of donor–acceptor polymer semiconductors for printed electronics: application to transistors and gas sensors

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01341B, Paper
Hyung Jin Cheon, Xinlin Li, Yong Jin Jeong, Min Jae Sung, Zhijun Li, Inha Jeon, Xiaowu Tang, Henok Getachew Girma, Hoyoul Kong, Soon-Ki Kwon, Tae Kyu An, Se Hyun Kim, Yun-Hi Kim
This work reports the molecular engineering of polymeric semiconductors to get highly soluble inks, which enables the uniform deposition of semiconductors and contributes to high-performance transistor and sensor devices.
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