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Nanotube's 'tapestry' controls its growth

HOUSTON -- (Feb. 5, 2009) -- Rice University materials scientists have put a new "twist" on carbon nanotube growth. The researchers found the highly touted nanomaterials grow like tiny molecular tapestries, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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A bronze matryoshka doll: The metal in the metal in the metal

A doll in a doll, and then one more, enveloping them from the outside – this is how Thomas Faessler explains his molecule. He packs one atom in a cage within an atom framework. With their large surfaces ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research boosts maple syrup production

(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to success for maple syrup producers may lie in the science of sanitation.

Biology / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flatworms' minimalist approach to cell division reveals molecular architecture of human centrosome

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers reveal SBP8a configurations

A new study has shown previously unseen details of an anthrax bacteriophage — a virus that infects anthrax bacteria — revealing for the first time how it infects its host, and providing an initial blueprint for ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemists become molecular sculptors, synthesizing tiny, molecular traps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using clever but elegant design, University at Buffalo chemists have synthesized tiny, molecular cages that can be used to capture and purify nanomaterials.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Monitoring food with millimeter waves

Has the packet been properly filled? Are there impurities in the chocolate? Have the plastic seams been welded correctly? Is there a knife hidden in the parcel? Answers to all these questions are provided ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor

It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hydrodynamics of writing with ink

For millennia, writing has been the preferred way to convey information and knowledge from one generation to another. We first developed the ability to write on clay tablets with a point, and then settled ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

World's lightest material developed

A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material – with a density of 0.9 mg / cc – about 100 times lighter ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Helping robots hold on

Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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