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Submarines could use new nanotube technology for sonar and stealth
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Nanotechweb
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Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells
Like most technologies, work on solar devices has proceeded in generational waves. First came bulk silicon-based solar cells built with techniques that borrowed heavily from those used to make ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Stretched Molecule Ends Up Shorter Than It Started
Polymer May Help Chemists Watch Reactions As They Happen
Fri 3 Sep 10 from R&D Mag
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High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost
By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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DNA helps turn graphene into a chemical sensor
Affordable device could act as an electronic 'nose'
Tue 31 Aug 10 from Nanotechweb
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Gray Matter: In Which I Fully Submerge My Hand In Liquid Nitrogen
Protected By Science My hand is like a red-hot poker to the liquid nitrogen, but an insulating layer of nitrogen gas forms- a phenomenon known as the Leiden-frost effect- keeping my hand safe ...
Mon 30 Aug 10 from Popular Science
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ORNL graphite foam technology licensed to LED North America
Technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that extends the life of light-emitting diode lamps has been licensed to LED North America.
Fri 27 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Scientists create 'dry water'
It may sound like a contradiction in terms, but scientists have created ''dry water''.
Wed 25 Aug 10 from Telegraph.co.uk
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Stretched polymer snaps back smaller than it started (w/ Video)
Crazy bands are cool because no matter how long they've been stretched around a kid's wrist, they always return to their original shape, be it a lion or a kangaroo.
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Designer optoelectronics - quantum mechanics for new materials
European researchers have combined computer modelling of quantum mechanics and precision fabrication processes to create novel transparent conductive oxides made to order for a wide range of ...
Fri 27 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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