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Molten Proteins: Surface-modified liquid protein with liquid-crystalline properties

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins are solids. When heated they do not melt; instead, they decompose or sublime directly to the gas phase at low pressures. They cannot be converted into a liquid form unless they are dissolved in a ...


Engineering Carbon for Impressive Hydrogen Storage

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Missouri researchers recently showed how carbon nanostructures can be engineered to become excellent media for hydrogen storage, work that may be important for the advancement of hydrogen-energy ...


Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices ...





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MO-SCI to manufacture SRNL's unique porous walled hollow glass microspheres

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A licensing agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corporation will make SRNL's unique Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres available ...


Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...


Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Technology / Energy

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists scramble to develop ways to generate enormous amounts of energy from cleaner-burning, renewable fuels to replace coal and oil, promising agricultural crops such as switchgrass ...


Honda's 'Personal-Neo Urban Transport' Concept

Honda's 'Personal-Neo Urban Transport' Concept

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Honda Personal-Neo Urban Transport (P-NUT) design study model demonstrates a futuristic concept for an ultra-compact and sophisticated city coupe, American Honda Motor announced at the 2009 Los Angeles ...


A window that washes itself?

A (nano-) window that washes itself?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 9

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, detail ...


Peat fires drive temperatures up

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the ...


Ohio school district sues over air pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.


Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it ...


Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners (AP)

Astronauts surprised by holiday turkey dinners

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts thought they were going to give thanks with pantry leftovers Thursday as their mission drew to a close, but found turkey dinners awaiting them.


Invading camels to be shot in Australian town (AP)

Invading camels to be shot in Australian town

Biology / Ecology

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

(AP) -- Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating ...



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