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INL, ISU team on nanoparticle production breakthrough

INL, ISU team on nanoparticle production breakthrough

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 1

Every hour, the sun floods Earth with more energy than the entire world consumes in a year. Yet solar power accounts for less than 0.002 percent of all electricity generated in the United States, primarily ...


Chameleon-like camouflage: 'Nano-camo' for fashionistas and environmentalists

Chameleon-like camouflage: 'Nano-camo' for fashionistas and environmentalists

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change ...


Tiny solar cells built to power microscopic machines

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE) ...


Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow (AP)

Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow

Technology / Energy

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised ...


Flip UltraHD

Latest Flip is bigger, but better

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Since its debut in 2007, the Flip video camera has turned millions of people into filmmakers by providing a foolproof way to shoot videos and upload them to the Web.


Report examines limits of national power grid simulations

Technology / Engineering

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

America's power grid today resembles the country's canal system of the 19th Century. A marvel of engineering for its time, the canal system eventually could not keep pace with the growing demands of transcontinental transportation.