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Nanotube Brushes

Nanotubes find niche in electric switches

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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

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 ...





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Cancerous and normal cells

Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that cancerous cells and normal cells have different physical features, but the details of these differences, and why they occur, are not well understood. In a recent edition ...


Molecular Transistor

Scientists create world's first molecular transistor

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 2

A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ...


Intestinal cells surprisingly active in pursuit of nutrition and defense

Intestinal cells surprisingly active in pursuit of nutrition and defense

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Every cell lining the small intestine bristles with thousands of tightly packed microvilli that project into the gut lumen, forming a brush border that absorbs nutrients and protects the body from intestinal ...


Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh

Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch researcher Igor Berezhnoy has developed computer algorithms to support art historians and other art experts in their visual assessment of paintings. His digital technology is capable ...


MRSA may accompany hospital patients into home health settings

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appears relatively common among patients discharged from the hospital into home health care, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of ...


Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has launched its latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner, the Tango, which is capable of vacuuming hardwood floors, carpets, and even beds without human assistance.


IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts

IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts

Technology / Semiconductors

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

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a large-area solar with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%.


School closure could reduce swine flu transmission by 21 percent

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A survey carried out in eight European countries has shown that closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission. Researchers writing in the open ...


Tasmanian devil

Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...


Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect: Kondo effect noted in single-atom contacts of pure ferromagnets

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Spanish and U.S. physicists studying nanoelectronics have found that size really does matter when it comes to predicting the behavior of electrical contacts that are just one atom wide.



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