 New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. | |
 Nanoscience will change the way we think about the world March 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The ubiquity of mineral nanoparticles in natural waters, the atmosphere, and in soils and their intriguing properties provide Earth scientists with another dimension in which to understand our planet. | |
Brown Engineers Use DNA to Direct Nanowire Assembly and Growth July 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A small but growing number of engineers are using nature’s engineer – DNA – to create nanomaterials that can be used in everything from medical devices to computer circuits. A team from Brown University and Boston College ... | |
 Gold Nanoparticles Prove to Be Hot Stuff August 31, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Gold nanoparticles are highly efficient and sensitive “handles” for biological molecules being manipulated and tracked by lasers, but they also can heat up fast—by tens of degrees in just a few nanoseconds—which ... | |
 Cheaper LEDs from breakthrough in ZnO nanowire research January 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Engineers at UC San Diego have synthesized a long-sought semiconducting material that may pave the way for an inexpensive new kind of light emitting diode (LED) that could compete with today's widely used gallium ... | |
 Scientists design new super-hard material April 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch. | |
DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, ... | |
Pulsating gels could power tiny robots November 02, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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As a kid, did you ever put those little capsules into warm water and watch them grow into dinosaurs? When certain gels are put into a solution, they will not only expand, but also contract again, repeatedly, as if the little ... | |
 Nanosoccer debuts at RoboCup 2007 June 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not anymore. | |
 Novel nano-etched cavity makes leds 7 times brighter July 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) more than seven times brighter by etching nanoscale grooves in a surrounding cavity to ... | |
Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power September 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 116 vote(s)
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A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth. | |
 Nanotubes could improve thermal management in electronics March 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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As the electronics industry continues to churn out smaller and slimmer portable devices, manufacturers have been challenged to find new ways to combat the persistent problem of thermal management. New research ... | |
 Inexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together May 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don’t normally stick together. The team’s adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could ... | |
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power June 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 77 vote(s)
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient. | |
Thinner, stronger and more flexible research March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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You wouldn't normally associate golf balls with condoms but for University of Queensland researcher Dr Darren Martin, it is all about covering things. | |
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