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Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo

Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space.





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The pen may be mightier than the keyboard

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when ...


Writing in air not pie in the sky

Technology / Software

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It's a familiar scene in airports and train stations. Hands full with luggage, briefcase, laptop or coat and there's something you need to remember, like the level and row numbers where you parked your car in the deck. What ...


Papershow is portable whiteboard, presentation, more

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

It all began with the blackboard that lets you write on a large surface for all to see and that can be easily erased. To this day, blackboards continue to be found mostly in schools. It's how teachers communicate their ideas ...


findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...


Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step ...


Looking deeply into polymer solar cells

Looking deeply into polymer solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights ...


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Greek pilots see red from laser pen pranks

Technology / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greece's civil aviation pilots on Wednesday called for a crackdown on laser pen pranksters who have endangered a growing number of plane landings around the country.


Nanotechnology and synthetic biology: What does the American public think?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nanotechnology and synthetic biology continue to develop as two of the most exciting areas of scientific discovery, but research has shown that the public is almost completely unaware of the science and its applications. ...


Graffiti-free historic buildings

Graffiti-free historic buildings: New polymer coating to help

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a historic landmark is defaced with graffiti, but the spray paint can only be removed - if at all - using caustic solutions which risk damaging the underlying surface. A new breathable ...


Capsules Encapsulated: Enzyme-equipped liposomes embedded in polymer capsules as a novel biomedical transport system

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When cells cannot carry out the tasks required of them by our bodies, the result is disease. Nanobiotechnology researchers are looking for ways to allow synthetic systems take over simple cellular activities ...



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