Material may help autos turn heat into electricity 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(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 ... | |
 Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings July 23, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ... | |
Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom. | |
 'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps, energy converters July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from ... | |
Controlled growth of truly nanoscale single crystal fullerites for device applications July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Surrey researchers have found a way to make ultra-small pure carbon crystals entirely formed from the spherical carbon ‘buckyball’ molecule known as C60. The method used involves mixing two ... | |
Improving Quantum Dot Synthesis July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 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 biomedical applications. By using a laboratory ... | |
 A better image for plastic solar cells July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new way to help technologists develop efficient and inexpensive plastic electronic devices, such as plastic solar cells and a new type of transistor was showcased by physicist Andrea Liscio, who is supported ... | |
 Water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes June 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves within these tiny channels. | |
UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades. | |
 Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ... | |
CSIRO scientist discovers natural 'invisible' gold June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can be transported and deposited by geological processes, ... | |
University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably ... | |
Gold, DNA Combination May Lead To Nano-Sensor July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The ability to use genetic material to assemble nanoscopic particles of gold could be an important step toward creating tiny “spies” that will be able to infiltrate individual cells and report back in real time on the cell’s ... | |
 Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer July 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes. | |
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