Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower ... | |
A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
| No comments yet
An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material. The ... | |
 Tiny science tests Russia's hi-tech ambitions June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
| No comments yet
In the world's largest country, tiny objects measured in billionths of a metre are the future of the economy -- or so the government claims. | |
 Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble “quantum dots” for biological research. By ... | |
 'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
| User comments: 8
Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ... | |
 Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
| No comments yet
What looks like a fertilized egg, flows like water, gets stuffed with catalysts and exotic nanostructures and may have the potential of making the current retail gasoline infrastructure compatible with hydrogen-based ... | |
 New detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin. | |
 Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Move over, Rumplestiltskin. Researchers in China report the first successful “electrospinning” of a type of plastic widely used in automobiles and electronics. The high-tech process, which uses an electric ... | |
Tiny Particles Solve Big Problems May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Cutting edge nanotechnology research at North Carolina State University is leading to advances in everything from revitalizing HIV drugs to creating harder, stronger nanocrystalline iron that can really take the heat. | |
 Researchers develop nanowire 'paper towel' for oil spills May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
| No comments yet
A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report in the May 30 online issue of Nature ... | |
Nanoparticles assemble by millions to encase oil drops May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
| No comments yet
In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets ... | |
Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
| No comments yet
University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy. | |
Cornell receives federal grants to create fabrics to render toxic chemicals harmless May 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. | |
NC State breakthrough results in super-hard nanocrystalline iron that can take the heat May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
| User comments: 2
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a substance far stronger and harder than conventional iron, and which retains these properties under extremely high temperatures – opening the door to a wide variety ... | |
 New grants to create fabrics that render toxic chemicals harmless May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
| No comments yet
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. | |
PhysOrg Video
- The Corn Controversy: Food or Fuel - video , August 20
- Police in India Aim to Head Off Cyber Crime - video , August 19
- Science of Origami - video , August 18
- Measuring Lightning - video , August 18
- Man-Made Hurricanes - video , August 18
- NASA Saving Lives - video , August 18
- PhysOrg Video »
Most popular stories
-
Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering,
August 12, 2008
-
Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works,
August 13, 2008
-
Intel's new chip to be called Core i7,
August 11, 2008
-
Google 'gadgets' called gateways for hackers,
August 09, 2008
-
Physicists Seek Answers to Quantum Correlations,
August 14, 2008
- Most popular »
News Pix
-
Large Hadron Collide,
12 hours ago
-
Rifamycin antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria with walls, not signals,
13 hours ago
-
The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!',
13 hours ago
-
A molecule keeps anxiety down,
14 hours ago
- More news pix »
PhysOrg Forum
Video
Editorials
Free Magazines
Free White Papers
PhysOrg Jobs
Newsletter
Goto Archive
Suggest a story idea
Send feedback
