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Sharp Develops New Technology to Blend Plant-Based Plastic with Waste Plastic

Technology /

created Jul 11, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Sharp Corporation has developed a new technology to blend plant-based plastic that uses corn as the raw material, and waste plastic recovered from scrapped consumer electronics. Using a mix of plant-based plastic and was ...


MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research

MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New MIT technology promises to speed up the accurate sorting of proteins, work that may ultimately aid in the detection and treatment of disease.


New Microlab on Chip for Medical Imaging Biomarkers

New Microlab on Chip for Medical Imaging Biomarkers

Other Sciences /

created Dec 16, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A collaboration among scientists at UCLA, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford, Siemens and Fluidigm has developed a new technology using integrated microfluidic chips for simplifying, lowering ...


Columbia Researchers Bring Nanotech's Promise a Step Closer to Reality

Nanotechnology /

created Aug 22, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Columbia University's Nanoscience Center have solved a fundamental, and to date, highly elusive challenge in the fast-developing world of nanotech-molecular electronic devices.


Scientists take on the crystal maze

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 22, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Manchester are to create the first 3D model of the maze-like crystals known as Zeolites.


Snomipede races to solve the mysteries of life

Nanotechnology /

created Feb 15, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow has been awarded a £3m research grant to develop a new nanotechnology tool which they have called the ‘Snomipede’. The team, led by Professor Grah ...


Scientists advance safety of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Scientists have identified for the first time a mechanism by which nanoparticles cause lung damage and have demonstrated that it can be combated by blocking the process involved, taking a step toward addressing the growing ...


Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 05, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (25) | comments 0

A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics.


New, invisible nano-fibers conduct electricity, repel dirt

New, invisible nano-fibers conduct electricity, repel dirt

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 0

Tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future -- including self-cleaning surfaces, transparent electronics, and biomedical tools that manipulate strands of DNA.


A better image for plastic solar cells

A better image for plastic solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

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 ...


A photograph of a lasing liquid crystal cell

Liquid Crystal Lasers the size of a human hair

Physics /

created Dec 13, 2005 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The University of Cambridge has been awarded ~£2.4M under the Basic Technology Research Initiative for the development of microscopic lasers.


Time scale established for proton transfer

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (46) | comments 3

“In the past,” Masanari Nagasaka tells PhysOrg.com, “we only knew that proton transfer was a fast process. Now we are able to determine the speed of proton transfer. This is a step in understanding the mechanism of proton ...


Materials scientists tame tricky carbon nanotubes

Materials scientists tame tricky carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 18, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Based on a new theory, MIT scientists may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary electrical ...


Converting Nitrogen to a More Useful Form

Chemistry /

created Jan 09, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Nitrogen-containing organic compounds are important products as well as intermediates for many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and chemicals used in electronics. Air contains plenty of nitrogen, but it is in a form that cannot ...


Understanding heat flow at the nanoscale is the goal of new project

Nanotechnology /

created Mar 16, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Understanding the mechanisms responsible for thermal transport, or heat flow, between dissimilar materials at the molecular level is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Scott Huxtable, who has received ...