Not exact matches
Such
research could lead to smaller and more efficient
electronic gadgets that use electrons» spins to store and transmit information instead of electric
charge, a technique known as «spintronics.»
Electronic paper, which started out as a project at legendary Silicon Valley
research lab PARC in the 1970s, is built around microscopic spheres that are filled with
charged particles.
For example, an
electronic resource that makes
research more efficient means that, even though clients are paying database
charges, the costs are less overall since the lawyer spent less time carrying out the
research.
On one side, judges say that
electronic research disbursements really should be considered part of the overhead of a firm, and therefore is really part of the hourly rate
charged by the lawyers (Nebete Inc. v. Sanelli Foods Ltd., [1999] O.J. No. 859):
I would not allow a disbursement
charge for «
electronic legal
research» any more than I would allow a disbursement
charge for subscribing to the O.R.'s.
A reduced learning curve requires fewer write - offs of billed hours and
electronic legal
research charges — and an improved bottom line for the firm.
Dr. Zhang's doctoral
research focused on the
electronic charge injection and transport in nanoscale organic thin film transistors.