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Material may help autos turn heat into electricity

20 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | User comments: 9

Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ...


'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality

July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ...


Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | User comments: 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...


Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings

July 23, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...


Nanoparticles Detect Telomerase Activity

18 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from shortening when they divide, is widely suspected of playing a key role in making cancer cells immortal. Though researchers have developed a variety of methods for measuring ...


Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relative ...