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Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nano-materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New results by scientists at Umeľ University, Sweden, show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The ...





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An easy way to see the world's thinnest material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...


Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria

Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study ...


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...


The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

The next medical frontier: nano-surgery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor's nanorobot could be performing non-invasive surgical procedures on patients with tumors within the next decade.


Cornellians build computer climate-change model

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are contributing to a new model of climate change that may give more accurate predictions of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth's future.


Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...


A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. ...


Organic flash memory developed

Organic flash memory developed

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.



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