What are the high-speed and high-sensitivity semiconductor X-ray detectors available?

I want to replace a normal scintillation counter with a high-speed and high-sensitivity semiconductor X-ray detector in my Rigaku Ultima IV powder XRD system. One possibility I found is D/teX-25...

10 November 2014 5,868 1 View

What is the least height and force noise possible with a good Atomic force microscope?

10 November 2014 1,352 6 View

Are we charged exorbitant amounts for spare parts of high value equipment?

Two years back, I purchased a cryogen free mini VSM (0-5T) from a reputed manufacturer. Since the pick up coil (which is a very small part of the system but obviously the important one with...

11 December 2013 8,087 0 View

What is the best AFM available in the market for both high resolution imaging and force measurements?

I see many nice AFM images such as proteins bound to DNA and self assembled structures. I am interested in high resolution imaging and force measurements. Because of large number manufactures,...

10 November 2013 8,808 56 View

When will TEM/HRTEM become affordable to researchers at reasonable cost?

Since the emergence of nanotechnology, high resolution imaging especially TEM/HRTEM become important for nanoscience/nanotechnology researchers. Due to various reasons many researchers from...

10 November 2013 2,376 24 View

Which is the best online citation analysis tool for science disciplines?

One of the interesting features in Google scholar citation tool is the automatic updating of citations. It also covers more journals than Scopus . However, google cite does not have many...

10 November 2013 6,742 3 View

Should we really aim to publish our best work in high impact journals?

We often try very hard to publish our breakthrough findings in high impact journals but get disappointed when our manuscript is rejected for silly reasons. In contrast, we also see some mediocre...

09 October 2013 5,203 10 View

Is the influx of a large number of new journals good for researchers?

In recent years, we are witnessing an influx of a large number of open access journals and journals from many publishers. Many journals have specialized titles. Some of them also acquired a...

09 October 2013 678 4 View

Physics: Why do we describe light by referring to its wavelength, but microwaves and radar pulses by referring to their frequency?

In physics, the description of the properties of light generally refers to its wavelength (nm), while in the range of microwaves and radio waves we refer to the frequency of a signal (e.g. kHz or...

03 March 2021 1,682 3 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View