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New uses for diesel by-products
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalytic process discovered by the Cardiff Catalysis Institute could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production.
Wed 25 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Crystallizing the future of oxide materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have examined the challenges facing scientists building the next generation of materials and innovative electronic devices ...
Wed 25 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Graphene: Impressive capabilities on the horizon
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), along with other funding agencies, helped a Rice University research team make graphene suitable for a variety of organic chemistry applications—especially ...
Tue 24 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Metadynamics technique offers insight into mineral growth and dissolution
By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions ...
Mon 23 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Iridescence and superhydrophobicity combined on one surface
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined two properties on a single piece of graphene oxide that don’t usually go together: iridescence (resulting in a rainbow-hued appearance) and superhydrophobicity ...
Fri 20 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Pure graphene conducts heat exceptionally well
Material could be used to cool circuits and chips
Fri 20 Jan 12 from Nanotechweb
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Tough, light, inexpensive composite brake rotors could make their way to regular cars
Currently, brakes made from composite materials tend to be expensive, and as such mainly just find their way onto high-performance cars and motorcycles. That could be about to change, however. ...
Sun 22 Jan 12 from Gizmag
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Chemistry professor developing sustainable bioplastics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Colorado State University chemistry professor has developed several patent-pending chemical processes that would create sustainable bioplastics from renewable resources for ...
Thu 19 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Designing chemical catalysts: There's an app for that
A big reason for publishing scientific results is to inform others who can then use your data and conclusions to make additional discoveries, technologies or products. But what good are findings ...
Fri 20 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Researchers uncover transparency limits on transparent conducting oxides
Researchers in the Computational Materials Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have uncovered the fundamental limits on optical transparency in the class of materials ...
Wed 18 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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