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Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...


Carbon nanotube

Researchers uncover recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes hold promise for delivering medicine directly to a tumor; acting as sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron; replacing costly platinum in ...


Panasonic, Sanyo win EU takeover approval

Technology / Business

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. must sell off a European plant that makes batteries to win EU antitrust approval for the $9 billion deal creating one of the world's biggest electronics makers, the EU said ...


Engineers produce 'how-to' guide for controlling the structure of nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas. The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and structure. Now researchers ...


Engineers Produce 'How-To' Guide for Controlling the Structure of Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas. The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and ...


This idea doesn't stink: New tech cuts industrial odors, pollutants

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink. In fact, it could be the key to eliminating foul odors and air pollutants emitted by industrial chicken rendering facilities ...


Beyond flash -- memories are made of this

Beyond flash -- memories are made of this

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily ...


Targeted Nanoparticles Boost Arsenic’s Anticancer Punch

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arsenic trioxide has a long history as a potent human poison, but it also has proven valuable as one of the primary treatment options for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Efforts to use arsenic trioxide to treat other types ...


Looking for signs of early life

Looking for signs of early life

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deciphering the very early history of life on Earth is difficult. In the darkest recesses of the first billion years there are no 'body' fossils - no physical remains. Instead, scientists ...


New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals

New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method for making extremely pure, very small metal-oxide nanoparticles.


TSMC Unveils First Commercial 65-Nanometer Multi-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced the foundry segment’s first functional 65-nanometer multi-time programmable (MTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) process technology.


'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...


Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to Penn State and University of ...


Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...