Ultra-Long Carbon Nanotubes Could Serve as Future Transmission Lines

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (22) | 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to carbon nanotubes, the majority of research so far has focused on small-scale applications. But now, a team of researchers from Rice University has created carbon nanotubes ...

Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Nov 12, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (7) | 5

In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy ...

Argonne 'homegrown' hybrid solar cell aims for low-cost power

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have refined a technique to manufacture solar cells by creating tubes of semiconducting material and then "growing" ...

Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...

Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2

The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities.