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Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Substrates

Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Sub

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 4

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures ...


Engineers create DNA sensors that could identify cancer using material only one atom thick

New DNA sensors could identify cancer using graphene

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material.


Space elevator

Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Space Elevators Possible

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 51

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Cambridge University have developed a light, flexible, and strong type of carbon nanotube material that may bring space elevators closer to reality. Motivated by a $4 million ...





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Mendenhall Glacier

Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...


Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA)

First volume of microbial encyclopedia published

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbi ...


An easy way to see the world's thinnest material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...


Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nano-materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New results by scientists at Umeľ University, Sweden, show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The ...


'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions

'Particle soup' discovery will improve climate predictions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at The University of Manchester is set to improve predictions about climate and air quality - and make life easier for those suffering from respiratory problems.


A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. ...


Ardi

Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...


Water droplets shape graphene nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes.


Caltech scientists film photons with electrons

Caltech scientists film photons with electrons

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- which allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale ...


Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA unveils latest results from lunar mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific ...



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