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Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 6

An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan ...


IAEA removes dangerous radioactive sources from Lebanon

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An IAEA mission to get powerful radioactive sources out of Lebanon was completed 30 August 2009, after a plane carrying the high-activity cargo safely touched down in Russia, where the sources are now securely and safely ...


Creating Denser Magnetic Memory

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues afflicting magnetic memory is the fact that it is difficult to store information for as long as 10 years. In order to overcome this problem, scientists and engineers have been looking for ...


Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles

Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shape is turning out to be a particularly important feature of some commercially important nanoparticles—but in subtle ways. New studies* by scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology ...


Air-fueled battery could last up to 10 times longer

Air-fueled battery could last up to 10 times longer

Technology / Energy

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 16

A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available.


Virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

Virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.


Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor. Photoacoustic imaging tomography ...


Artificial Photosynthesis System

Turning sunlight into liquid fuels (Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial ...


Crystal Lattice of Copper

Nano-sonar uses electrons to measure under the surface

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the atomic lattice of metals. ...


Scientists find quick method to make magnets

Scientists find quick method to make magnets

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-strong, high-temperature, high-performance permanent magnet compounds, such as Samarium Cobalt, are the mainstay materials for several industries that rely on high-performance motor ...