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Carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites for field emission cathodes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that you can produce a composite of carbon nanotubes ...





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A Telescope Made of Moondust

A Telescope Made of Moondust

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. ...


Bio-enabled, surface-mediated approach produces nanoparticle composites

Bio-enabled, surface-mediated approach produces nanoparticle composites

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Using thin films of silk as templates, researchers have incorporated inorganic nanoparticles that join with the silk to form strong and flexible composite structures that have unusual optical and mechanical ...


Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series

Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.


Herschel, Planck cosmic explorers in flight: stunning images from ground and space

Herschel, Planck cosmic explorers in flight: stunning images from ground and space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stunning images taken from Earth and space show Herschel and Planck in flight on 14 May 2009. The first, taken from Herschel, show the Planck-Sylda composite just after Herschel's separation, ...


GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch ...


Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction.


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 ...


Nanocomposite labeled cancer cells can be targeted and destroyed using lasers

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 06, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A nanocomposite particle can be constructed so that it has a mix of properties that would not otherwise happen in nature. By combining an organic matrix with metallic clusters that can absorb light, it is possible to incorporate ...


Nanocomposite labeled cancer cells can be targeted and destroyed using lasers

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 20, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 0

A nanocomposite particle can be constructed so that it has a mix of properties that would not otherwise happen in nature. By combining an organic matrix with metallic clusters that can absorb light, it is possible to incorporate ...


New nanocomposites may mean more durable tooth fillings

New nanocomposites may mean more durable tooth fillings

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

The mouth is a tough environment—which is why dentists do not give lifetime guarantees. Despite their best efforts, a filling may eventually crack under the stress of biting, chewing and teeth grinding, or ...



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