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The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive processes of the modern warfighter. http://www.physorg.com/news178902408.html Nanotechnology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:30:03 EST news178902408 Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news178304620.html Nanotechnology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:04:10 EST news178304620 (PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. http://www.physorg.com/news177271030.html Nanotechnology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:36 EST news177271030 (PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a $5.13 million research grant from the US Department of Energy awarded last week, Fluidic Energy hopes to turn its ultra-dense energy storage technology into a reality. http://www.physorg.com/news176646131.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:23:03 EST news176646131 (PhysOrg.com) -- A company that makes steel for bearings used in heavy trucks had a big problem. The trucks travel through harsh, perilous environments such as Siberia, and an unexpected bearing failure on a remote stretch could literally put the driver's life in danger. Knowing how long the steel would hold up under those conditions was beyond their ability to predict experimentally, so they turned to specialists at MIT. http://www.physorg.com/news175952830.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:48:04 EST news175952830 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional silicon-based transistors. http://www.physorg.com/news173626785.html Nanotechnology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:40:28 EST news173626785 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say they have found a simple way to improve the semiconducting properties of the world`s thinnest material - by giving it a good tug. http://www.physorg.com/news173340834.html Nanotechnology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:14:30 EST news173340834 The burgeoning research fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology are commonly thought to be highly multidisciplinary because they draw on many areas of science and technology to make important advances. http://www.physorg.com/news171521941.html Nanotechnology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:16:39 EST news171521941 The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics. The research will help develop a new class of fiber-based devices capable of probing and transporting previously impossible-to-reach liquids, such as those drawn from a single cell or tissue. http://www.physorg.com/news170935917.html Chemistry Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:30:03 EST news170935917 (PhysOrg.com) -- Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough to place on a chip, according to Penn State engineers. http://www.physorg.com/news170686724.html Nanotechnology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:59:38 EST news170686724 An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash. http://www.physorg.com/news169312509.html Chemistry Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:15:39 EST news169312509 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us, when we take our first science classes, learn that when things cool down, they shrink. (When they heat up, we learn, they usually expand.) However, water seems to be the exception to the rule. Instead of shrinking as it cools, this common liquid actually expands. In order to explain this phenomenon, some scientists have adopted the `mixture` model, which purports that low-density, ice-like components dominate due to cooling. Masakazu Matsumoto, at the Nagoya University Research Center for Materials Science in Japan, has a different idea. He describes his findings in Physical Review Letters: "Why Does Water Expand When It Cools?" http://www.physorg.com/news167040410.html Physics Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:34 EST news167040410 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the 1940s, chrome has been used to add a protective coating and shiny luster to a wide range of metal products, from bathroom fixtures to car bumpers. http://www.physorg.com/news162048924.html Chemistry Wed, 20 May 2009 14:37:41 EST news162048924 Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas. http://www.physorg.com/news155557226.html Nanotechnology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:22:29 EST news155557226 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. http://www.physorg.com/news150396734.html Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:14 EST news150396734 Two new high-resolution transmission electron microscopes, co-financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), are set to open up new opportunities for research in physics and materials science. The new research microscopes at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Ulm will enable exceptional, state-of-the-art developments in the field of electron optics in Germany and be available to a broad group of users. http://www.physorg.com/news148816641.html Physics Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:57:21 EST news148816641 (PhysOrg.com) -- New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT. http://www.physorg.com/news146758622.html Physics Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:17:02 EST news146758622 (PhysOrg.com) -- Medical researchers are looking at any number of new methods to get drugs to specific locations in the body. Some methods are efficient but less safe, while others are safe but often fail to deliver. http://www.physorg.com/news145939852.html Nanotechnology Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:50:52 EST news145939852 (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have outfitted cells with tiny `backpacks` that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering. http://www.physorg.com/news145127136.html Nanotechnology Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:05:36 EST news145127136 Fuel cell pioneer Subhash Singhal, fuel cell director at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has received the 2008 Grove Medal for sustained advances in fuel cell technology. http://www.physorg.com/news143718484.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:48:04 EST news143718484 Researchers have achieved a milestone in materials science and electron microscopy by taking a high-resolution snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures. http://www.physorg.com/news140361739.html Nanotechnology Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:22:19 EST news140361739