 Spin Control: New Technique Sorts Nanotubes by Length May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. Many potential applications ... | |
Researchers synthesize molecule with self-control May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Plants have an ambivalent relationship with light. They need it to live, but too much light leads to the increased production of high-energy chemical intermediates that can injure or kill the plant. | |
 Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, engineers say May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. | |
Federal government taps NC State experts to explain nanotech risks May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The arm of the federal government responsible for coordinating nanotechnology research and regulations across the country has called on experts from North Carolina State University to craft a white paper that will lay out ... | |
UCSD nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film “single junction” solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity ... | |
Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. | |
 Held together by metal-metal bonds: a large ring containing 36 gold atoms May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Chinese researchers have recently made a “golden crown” with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of researchers from ... | |
 Student Innovation Could Improve Data Storage, Magnetic Sensors May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Paul Morrow has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother’s cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve ... | |
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