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New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays

New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction

X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool. Ten million times ...





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Secret behind the composition of the varnish on Stradivari violins revealed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Antonio Stradivari is the most famous instrument maker of all time. He was especially famous for his violins, which he produced in Cremona from about 1665 until his death in 1737. In particular, ...


Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.


Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.


Prototype NIST Method Detects and Measures Elusive Hazards

Prototype Method Detects and Measures Elusive Hazards

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has demonstrated a relatively simple, inexpensive method for detecting and measuring elusive hazards such as concealed explosives ...


Mirror cast for Mexican 6.5-meter infrared telescope

Mirror cast for Mexican 6.5-meter infrared telescope

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the casting today of a 6.5-meter mirror in Arizona, Mexican and American astronomers have taken the first step toward creation of a major new telescope that will survey infrared objects ...


Purer water made possible by Sandia advance

Purer water made possible by Sandia advance

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

By substituting a single atom in a molecule widely used to purify water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a far more effective decontaminant with a shelf life superior to products currently ...


Leeds engineers developing bullet proof vests from cement

Engineers developing bullet proof vests from cement

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.


Improving the catalytic converters of motor vehicles

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The chemical mechanism that occurs on the surface of an automotive catalytic converter has been deciphered thanks to an observation speed record established by Frédéric Thibault-Strarzyk at the Laboratoire Catalyse ...


Faster computers, electronic devices possible after scientists create large-area graphene on copper

Scientists create large-area graphene on copper: Faster computers, electronics possible

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics, ...


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Nano-tetherball biosensor precisely detects glucose

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using hollow structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored ...



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