News tagged with inorganic material


University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass

University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique ...


Making nanoparticles in artificial cells

Making nanoparticles in artificial cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that ...





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Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance

Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...


Panasonic develops a next-generation robust image sensor

Panasonic develops a next-generation robust image sensor

Electronics / Hardware

created May 14, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Panasonic today announced the development of a robust and lightfast image sensor for the next generation.


Zinc oxide gives green shine to new photoconductors

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Photodetectors -- devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials -- are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture ...


Understanding phosphorus in soils is vital to proper management

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phosphorus is one of the key nutrients that can cause algal blooms and related water quality problems in lakes, rivers, and estuaries worldwide. Phosphorus entering waters originates from a variety of sources. Agricultural ...


Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Ultrathin light-emitting diodes create new classes of lighting and display systems

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting ...


Microgrid Allows Simultaneous Study of Multiple Variables

Microgrid Allows Simultaneous Study of Multiple Variables

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 10, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method for correlating the results of microscopic imaging techniques in a way that could lead to improved understanding, ...


Focus on the formation of bones, teeth and shells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology for the first time have shown the earliest stages in biomineralization, the process that leads to the formation of bones, teeth and sea shells.


Electronics from the printer

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic systems designed to perform simple functions, such as monitor the temperature on a yogurt pot, mustn’t cost much: This is where printed electronics are at an advantage. Researchers ...


First high-resolution images of bone, tooth and shell formation

First high-resolution images of bone, tooth and shell formation

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) have for the first time made high-resolution images of the earliest stages of bone formation. They used the world's most advanced electron ...


Micrograph of a metal-rich, zinc chloride-based liquid crystal.

Scientist Creates Liquid Crystals with High Metal Content

Physics /

created Apr 03, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully engineered liquid crystals that contain very high concentrations of metals – potentially paving the way toward the creation of “magnetic liquids” ...



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