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Researchers Fabricate Complex SWNT Architectures Using Newly Developed Assembly Process

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Given the sheer number of potential applications for carbon nanotubes, experts in the field of nanotechnology are developing effective ways to mass produce intricate nanoscale structures for electronics, ...





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Vable Publishes "Mechanics of Materials" Textbook Online

'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable’s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'


Researchers to mimic nature's probes

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics. ...


Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...


Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.


Researchers identify proteins in lung cancer cells that may provide potential drug targets

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and ...


Call center optimization

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A research report in the current issue of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation suggests that help desks can be optimized by adding very few extra staff.


What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?

What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?

Technology / Energy

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 16

Driving home from a seminar on fuel cell technology, Gerardine Botte was struck with a notion. Her idea was based on water electrolysis, a process used to produce hydrogen energy from water. Botte, an associate ...


Nanophotonic devices could revolutionize the telecommunications industry

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Professor Motoichi Ohtsu for his pioneering and seminal work on nanophotonics and near field optics as well as for the development of innovative nanophotonic ...


Stealth Education in 3-D: Rensselaer To Premiere 3-D IMAX Version of Molecules to the MAX

Stealth Education in 3-D: Rensselaer To Premiere 3-D IMAX Version of Molecules to the MAX

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Molecularium Project is going to be in your face like never before. A new 3-D IMAX version of the project’s latest movie, Molecules to the MAX, will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Indianapolis at the ...


Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?

Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By 2022, federal regulations will require a 400 percent increase in the amount of renewable fuel in America’s gasoline, from 9 billion to 36 billion gallons.



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