 New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections March 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 200 vote(s)
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an ... | |
 Spin Control: New Technique Sorts Nanotubes by Length May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 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 identify pressure effects on nanomaterials May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. The researchers defined the role high pressure ... | |
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. | |
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 117 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 ... | |
 Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a “power shirt” able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others ... | |
 Inexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together May 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 74 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 ... | |
 Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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An international science team from Penn State University in the United States and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside ... | |
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