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Beetle spawns new material Nanotechnology / Materials June 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 63 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Namib Desert, one of the driest regions in the world, gets less than half an inch of rain per year. But early in the morning, a light fog drifts over the desert, offering the plants and animals living in ...

Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry.

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell Nanotechnology / Materials March 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 112 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists ...

New nanostructured thin film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion Nanotechnology / Materials January 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 54 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and start-up companies are betting on new designs that exploit nanostructures--materials engineered on the scale of a billionth of a meter. Using ...

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos Nanotechnology / Materials May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity Nanotechnology / Materials July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ...

Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod Nanotechnology / Materials February 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 ...

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology / Materials April 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime Nanotechnology / Materials August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK.

'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron Nanotechnology / Materials 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 ...

Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber Nanotechnology / Materials March 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 ...

Scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins Nanotechnology / Materials February 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have successfully produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in high yields in bulk solid compositions using commercially available aromatic containing resins. The concentration ...

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| User comments: 23 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms' Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system ...

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures Nanotechnology / Materials January 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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, ...

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Beetle spawns new material Nanotechnology / Materials June 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 63 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Namib Desert, one of the driest regions in the world, gets less than half an inch of rain per year. But early in the morning, a light fog drifts over the desert, offering the plants and animals living in ...

Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry.

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell Nanotechnology / Materials March 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 112 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists ...

New nanostructured thin film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion Nanotechnology / Materials January 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 54 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and start-up companies are betting on new designs that exploit nanostructures--materials engineered on the scale of a billionth of a meter. Using ...

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos Nanotechnology / Materials May 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A major study published today in Nature Nanotechnology suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes – a poster child for the “nanotechnology revolution” – could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities.

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity Nanotechnology / Materials July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 19 Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ...

Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod Nanotechnology / Materials February 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 ...

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells Nanotechnology / Materials April 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime Nanotechnology / Materials August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK.

'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron Nanotechnology / Materials 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 ...

Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber Nanotechnology / Materials March 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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 ...

Scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins Nanotechnology / Materials February 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have successfully produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in high yields in bulk solid compositions using commercially available aromatic containing resins. The concentration ...

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| User comments: 23 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms' Nanotechnology / Materials May 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system ...

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures Nanotechnology / Materials January 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 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, ...

Beetle spawns new material

Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes

Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell

New nanostructured thin film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity

Remarkable new nano-fiber clothing may someday power your iPod

Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime

'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron

Single-crystal semiconductor wire built into an optical fiber

Scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms'

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures

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