Germanium phoenix

Project Phoenix

The forecast process within an operational weather centre is based upon the analysis, diagnosis and prognosis of skilled meteorologists. To aid their efforts, the forecasters use a wide range of tools including weather satellites, radar, workstations, and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. Tremendous gains in NWP performance over the past 2 decades has made this tool typically the most ...

Colloidal synthesis of germanium nanocrystals

In this study, colloidal germanium nanocrystals were synthesized by a simple and novel method, and their optical properties were also studied. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a surface modifier was used to control the optical properties of colloidal Ge nanocrystals. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis was performed to identify the various functional groups present in the sample. ...

Rising like the phoenix?

City of Phoenix

Coccidioidomycosis in Phoenix, Arizona.

Interest in the Incidence of coccidioidomycosis throughout the desert areas of the western slopes of the Rockies and the southwestern desert country has been accelerated by studies made at the airbases and by the many new endemic foci which have been discovered during the past three years. The purpose of this study is to attempt to evaluate the Importance of this infection in the civilian popul...