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Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research

September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 176 vote(s) | User comments: 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who need lightweight, powerful ...


Purifying nanorods: Big success with tiny cleanup

September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Chemists at Rice University have discovered a novel method to produce ultra-pure gold nanorods -- tiny, wand-like nanoparticles that are being studied in dozens of labs worldwide for applications as broad as diagnosing disease ...


Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials

September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 80 vote(s) | User comments: 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable ...


New carbon nanomaterial shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy

September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor ...


Flower-shaped nanoparticles may lead to better batteries for portable electronics

September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Want more power and longer battery life for that cell phone, laptop, and digital music player? "Flower power" may be the solution. Chemists are reporting development of flower-shaped nanoparticles with superior electronic ...


MU scientists go green with gold, distribute environmentally friendly nanoparticles

September 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas production. However, until recently, scientists couldn't create the nanoparticles ...


New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles

October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s) | User comments: 16

Researchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered ...