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An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte or a vacuum). The word was coined by the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron (meaning amber, from which the word electricity is derived) and hodos, a way.

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Spotting evidence of directed percolation

Spotting evidence of directed percolation

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of physicists has, for the first time, seen convincing experimental evidence for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of the ways diseases spread through a population ...


Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration.


Nanostructured Integrated Circuit Detects Type and Severity of Cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that ...


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Microsoft Researchers Developing Muscle-Based PC Interface (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction ...


New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon

New rechargeable zinc-air batteries coming soon

Technology / Energy

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (44) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new breed of rechargeable zinc-air batteries is soon to be available, and may replace lithium-ion batteries in cell phones, laptops and other consumer items. Lithium-ion batteries store ...


Nanowire biocompatibility in the brain: So far so good

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving ...


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You can control your Marilyn Monroe neuron

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a scientific first, researchers have been able to demonstrate the ability of humans to control the activity of individual brain cells.


Scientists Use Self-Assembly to Make Molecule-Sized Particles With Patches of Charge

Scientists Use Self-Assembly to Make Molecule-Sized Particles With Patches of Charge

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules ...


Caltech scientists create robot surrogate for blind persons in testing visual prostheses

Caltech scientists create robot surrogate for blind persons in testing visual prostheses

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the "visual" experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual ...


Fuel cells get a boost

Fuel cells get a boost

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 6

Fuel cells, devices that can produce electricity from hydrogen or other fuels without burning them, are considered a promising new way of powering everything from homes and cars to portable devices like cellphones ...


Improved redox flow batteries for electric cars

Improved redox flow batteries for electric cars

Technology / Energy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 14

A new type of redox flow battery presents a huge advantage for electric cars. If the rechargeable batteries are low, the discharged electrolyte fluid can simply be exchanged at the gas station for recharged ...


Electrostatic surface cleaning

Electrostatic surface cleaning

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's often the little things that count in industrial manufacturing processes. Particles less than half the diameter of a hair in size can significantly impair quality in production. For example, there should ...


A step toward better brain implants using conducting polymer nanotubes

A step toward better brain implants using conducting polymer nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats have been created at the University of Michigan. The findings could eventually lead to more effective ...


Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery

Technology / Energy

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen ...


Scientists to go where no chemists has gone before

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have overcome one of the significant research challenges facing electrochemists. For the first time they have found a way of probing right into the heart of an electrochemical reaction.