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View ArticleWhy do you think they call it dope, kid?
The analogy of oil being 'dope' fits. It's a quick fix with bad downsides and poor regard for the future. The present furious pace of technological growth in solar may finally allow our avarice to...
View ArticlePurify, Kill, Repeat … necessary cytotoxic nanotubes
Not a breakthrough-less day goes by for carbon nanotubes. The pace of techno-evolution is matched only by the astounding timeliness of applications that seem to magically appear in answer to the...
View ArticleA metal composite that will (literally) float your boat
CREDIT: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING BROOKLYN, New York — Researchers have demonstrated a new metal matrix composite that is so light that it can float on water. A boat made of...
View ArticleEfficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent
Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over 3 absolute percents in cooperation with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya AALTO UNIVERSITY: The researchers from Finland’s Aalto...
View ArticleLightning speed computing now a million times faster thanks to researchers at...
Utah Engineers take a step toward Silicon Phototonic Computing at Speeds Millions of Times Faster than Current Machines University of Utah engineers have taken a step forward in creating the next...
View Article‘No-ink’ color printing with nanomaterials
Missouri University of Science and Technology – Researchers are giving new meaning to the term “read the fine print” with their demonstration of a color printing process using nanomaterials. In this...
View ArticleTin follows zinc: Stretchable ceramics made by flame technology
Scientists have successfully been able to transfer the experience from furnace to laboratory while synthesizing nanoscale materials using simple and highly efficient flame technology. This “baking” of...
View ArticleSoft core, hard shell — the latest in nanotechnology
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN – GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Nanoparticles are the smallest particles capable of reaching virtually all parts of the body. Researchers use various...
View ArticleNano this, nano that: Nantero develops NRAM
Nano this, nano that. The transformative impact of nanomaterial based devices, long promised, just happened. Enter Nano-RAM or NRAM (non-volatile random access memory) for short. More than a dozen...
View ArticleWearables: Tiny wires could provide a big energy boost
Wearable electronic devices for health and fitness monitoring are a rapidly growing area of consumer electronics; one of their biggest limitations is the capacity of their tiny batteries to deliver...
View ArticleHeating Up Music in the Carbon Age
Old stereo towers were clunky behemoths with iron magnets moving a paper cone to create sound in air. Then came neodymium – powerful rare earth permanent magnets updated the same principle at a...
View ArticlePiss On You – Friday Night Nano Retribution
who’s wandered New York’s East Village – or any urban drinking playground – after a busy night knows the stench of urine. Male revelers make impromptu latrines of nearby walls and dumpsters....
View ArticleNano Egg’s Big Huevos
I can see myself a decade from now, closer to seventy than I care to admit, telling incredulous ears, That halcyon memory may well arrive long before I hobble with cane. MIT’s new “yolk and shell”...
View ArticleCERN Sees Alternate Rainbow Universe, New 2X Power Opens Rip in Reality
When did time begin? Did our universe burst forth in explosive space/time creation. The Big Bang, until recently, was our best shot at explaining the observable cosmos. Still, even little kids ask, “if...
View ArticleNanotube ‘Rectenna’ to Become Carbon Solar Cells-Twice the Efficiency at...
A simple process produces carpets of carbon nanotubes that act as radio antenna for light. The tubes are synthesized at the size of incoming waves, and fabricated with tiny rectifiers to convert solar...
View ArticleNanotechnology inspires next-generation dental materials
Have a cavity? Ask your dentist about filling it with a mixture of nanoparticles including silica and zirconia. These white fillings (known as nano-composite resins) resemble teeth better than their...
View ArticleBrain activity is as unique – and identifying – as a fingerprint
Emily S Finn, Yale University Each of us is unique, with our own strengths, weaknesses and idiosyncrasies. While this is a truism everyone grasps intuitively, it’s been difficult to determine if and...
View ArticleWood instead of petroleum: Producing chemical substances solely from...
Scientists create a new international research consortium to develop a sustainable chemical infrastructure JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAET MAINZ Petroleum might well be replaced by wood soon when it...
View ArticleCaution: Shrinks When Warm
Most materials swell when they warm, and shrink when they cool. But UConn physicist Jason Hancock has been investigating a substance that responds in reverse: it shrinks when it warms. Although thermal...
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