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Nanotubes find niche in electric switches

New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Smartphone training helps people with memory impairment regain independence

The treatment for moderate-to-severe memory impairment could one day include a prescription for a smartphone.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers working on watershed moment in water purification

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polluted streams, rivers, lakes and municipal water may soon be getting the Wright State treatment.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mogees project delivers haptic symphony (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Creative sound-making is as fluid and changing as it implies, incorporating everything from troupes that bang on every hard surface imaginable to creators of electronic music, to musicians ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Hand hygiene -- clean hands, healthy body

Our hands are one of the chief ways we interact with our environment. Think about what you touch daily – doors, desks, food, other people, pets. Hundreds or thousands of other people have often touched ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Chemists become molecular sculptors, synthesizing tiny, molecular traps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using clever but elegant design, University at Buffalo chemists have synthesized tiny, molecular cages that can be used to capture and purify nanomaterials.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

China's local election candidates campaign online

When Yao Bo announced online that he was running in China's local elections, he joined dozens of candidates using the Internet to campaign for votes -- a phenomenon that has spooked authorities.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caresses enjoyable vicariously, too

It is well-known that we humans enjoy sensual caresses, but the brain reacts just as strongly to seeing another person being caressed, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Behind Apple's products is longtime designer Ive

Steve Jobs has been Apple's most recognizable personality, but much of its cachet comes from its clean, inviting designs. For that, Apple can credit its head designer, Jonathan Ive.

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

British approach to organizing plans for Natura 2000 area example to the Netherlands

Why is it that plans for organising a stretch of the British coast at Thanet for Natura 2000 have been implemented successfully, while in the Weerribben-Wieden area of Overijssel, Netherlands, scepticism and mistrust about ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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