Nanotechnology helps scientists make bendy sensors for hydrogen vehicles

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In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are more than a novelty.


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Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

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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 ...

Researchers report finer lines for microchips: Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells

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MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger ...

Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'

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Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.

'Smart bomb' nanoparticle strategy impacts metastasis

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A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue, ...

A better image for plastic solar cells

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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 ...
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