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Clemson scientists put a (nano) spring in their step

Clemson scientists put a (nano) spring in their step

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor. ...





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'Crispy noodle' chemistry could reduce carbon emissions

'Crispy noodle' chemistry could reduce carbon emissions

Chemistry /

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new material developed in Manchester, which has a structure that resembles crispy noodles, could help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being pumped out and drive the next generation of high-performance ...


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Can Nanotubes Help Your Garden Grow?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of nanotubes, we often think of solar panels and physical science. However, it appears that nanotubes can also provide valuable help to plants as a fertilizer. Just add carbon ...


Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink

Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

In a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Under curren ...


Growing geodesic carbon nanodomes

Growing geodesic carbon nanodomes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers analyzing the assembly of graphene (sheets of carbon only one atom thick) on a surface of iridium have found that the sheets grow by first forming tiny carbon domes. The discovery offers new insight ...


Alpha-Helical protein filaments

Simplicity is crucial to design optimization at nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins that ...


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Ultra-Long Carbon Nanotubes Could Serve as Future Transmission Lines

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to carbon nanotubes, the majority of research so far has focused on small-scale applications. But now, a team of researchers from Rice University has created carbon nanotubes ...


Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures, say S&T researchers

Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Jeffery Volz, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and his team have received $567,000 to explore ...


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Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 7

The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion.


Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.


Researchers Discover Use for Carbon Dioxide in Conversion of Biomass Into Biofuel

Researchers Discover Use for Carbon Dioxide in Conversion of Biomass Into Biofuel

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have successfully discovered a beneficial use for carbon dioxide in the conversion of organic materials, such as grass and bark, into fuel. Their findings ...



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