http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Laser eye surgery to correct vision problems does not appear to be associated with lasting changes to cells lining the inside of the cornea at nine years after the procedure, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://www.physorg.com/news177009861.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:02 EST news177009861 Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting the compound in a different way, the researchers have turned it into a thin film insulator, which instead blocks the flow of electricity, but can induce large electric currents elsewhere. The material, called solution-deposited beta-alumina, could have important applications in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic books. http://www.physorg.com/news176994899.html Nanotechnology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:47 EST news176994899 To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University of Missouri researchers are developing and testing a new type of blast-resistant glass that will be thinner, lighter and less vulnerable to small-scale explosions. http://www.physorg.com/news171803822.html Chemistry Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:18:21 EST news171803822 (PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world`s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion. http://www.physorg.com/news167925273.html Physics Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:55:07 EST news167925273 (PhysOrg.com) -- If solar cells were transparent they could be fitted to windows and building facades. Physical modeling helps in the development of suitable materials for transparent electronics and thus in creating the basis for transparent solar cells. http://www.physorg.com/news163180542.html Chemistry Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:56:19 EST news163180542 Just one click and the window turns into a display. At the Hannover Messe from April 20 to 24, Fraunhofer research scientists will be demonstrating light-permeable conductive coatings as the basis for transparent displays. http://www.physorg.com/news158947829.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:11:32 EST news158947829 An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming Ma, the lead author and professor of physics at Jilin University in China, was able to demonstrate that sodium defies normal physical expectations by going transparent under pressure. The results are published in the March 12 edition of the journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news156104532.html Physics Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:22:47 EST news156104532 LG Electronics today unveiled the world's first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. http://www.physorg.com/news154198449.html Electronics Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:54:47 EST news154198449 Researchers in California are reporting an advance toward the long-sought goal of "invisible electronics" and transparent displays, which can be highly desirable for heads-up displays, wind-shield displays, and electronic paper. http://www.physorg.com/news153075395.html Nanotechnology Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:59:06 EST news153075395 It's a clear, colorless disk about 5 inches in diameter that bends and twists like a playing card, with a lattice of more than 20,000 nanotube transistors capable of high-performance electronics printed upon it using a potentially inexpensive low-temperature process. http://www.physorg.com/news148663047.html Nanotechnology Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:17:27 EST news148663047 A group of scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has fabricated a working computer chip that is almost completely clear -- the first of its kind. The new technology, called transparent resistive random access memory (TRRAM), is described in this week's issue of the journal Applied Physics Letters. http://www.physorg.com/news148062726.html Physics Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:32:06 EST news148062726 Some types of `amorphous oxide` transparent semiconductors originally developed in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University may form the basis for the next generation of flat panel displays, providing better performance at a lower cost. http://www.physorg.com/news135005877.html Physics Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:37:57 EST news135005877