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How Spider Silk's Molecular Make-up Lets It Morph
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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UK Reveals Plans for Becoming "Graphene Hub"
Fri 3 Feb 12 from IEEE Spectrum
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Economizing chemistry, atom by atom
In chemistry, downsizing can have positive attributes. Reducing the number of steps and reagents in synthetic reactions, for example, enables chemists to boost their productivity while reducing ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Nanoparticles used to increase thermal properties of transformer oil
Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Edible super insulating foam protects hand from 7000 degree welding torch
The super insulating foam in the video below is very impressive, but so is the confidence of the guy demonstrating it. How many of you would pile some foam up in your hand, then put a 7,000 ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Geek.com
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New zeolite material may solve diesel shortage
World fuel consumption is shifting more and more to diesel at the expense of gasoline. A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Perfect nanotubes shine brightest
A painstaking study by Rice University has brought a wealth of new information about single-walled carbon nanotubes through analysis of their fluorescence.
Tue 31 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Bright lights of purity: Researchers discover why pure quantum dots and nanorods shine brighter
To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries – gravity, penicillin, the New World – add this: Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered ...
Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Nanotube-based terahertz polarizer nears perfection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rice University are using carbon nanotubes as the critical component of a robust terahertz polarizer that could accelerate the development of new security and ...
Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Nanotube growth theory experimentally confirmed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties ...
Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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