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Catalyst breakthrough boosts hydrogen fuel cells Physics / Materials February 08, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered new information on the behavior of nano-engineered platinum surfaces – information that may bring polymer electrolyte membrane fuel ...

Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System could hold a library on 1 disc Physics / Materials December 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s) \| No comments yet Imagine taking the entire collection of historical documents at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and storing it on a single DVD. University of Central Florida Chemistry Professor Kevin D. Belfield and his team ...

Metals discovery goes against the grain Physics / Materials February 02, 2007 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet Life in the laboratory is a stroll along the beach for two UQ researchers, after discovering metals bear exciting similarities to granular materials like sand.

Beyond silicon: Researchers demonstrate new transistor technology Physics / Materials December 08, 2006 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| No comments yet MIT engineers have demonstrated a technology that could introduce an important new phase of the microelectronics revolution that has already brought us iPods, laptops and much more.

Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency Physics / Materials May 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion ...

Bigger is not necessarily better -- in hydrogen storage Physics / Materials September 22, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Nottingham scientists have made a breakthrough which could help in the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly cars. Their latest findings on hydrogen storage could be crucial in the development ...

Inverse Woodpile Structure Has Extremely Large Photonic Band Gap Physics / Materials May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet As many homeowners know, when stacking firewood, pieces should be placed close enough to permit passage of a mouse, but not of a cat chasing the mouse.

MIT researchers create visionary optic fibers Physics / Materials July 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 57 vote(s) \| No comments yet In a radical departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists have developed a sophisticated optical system made of mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers. The fiber constructs, which have a ...

New All-Optical Modulator Paves the Way to Ultrafast Communications and Computing Physics / Materials October 06, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 57 vote(s) \| No comments yet In the 1950s, a revolution began when glass and metal vacuum tubes were replaced with tiny and cheap transistors. Today, for the cost of a single vacuum tube, you can buy a computer chip with literally millions of transistors.

New laser technique that strips hydrogen from silicon surfaces Physics / Materials May 18, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of researchers have achieved a long-sought scientific goal: using laser light to break specific molecular bonds. The process uses laser light, instead of heat, to strip hydrogen atoms from silicon surfaces, ...

New research reveals subtlety of superconductivity Physics / Materials March 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Argonne scientists helped lead the superconducting revolution 20 years ago this month with their landmark solution of the structure of the most widely known high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O₇. ...

Novel magnetic semiconductor puts new spin on electronics Physics / Materials May 24, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab have developed a novel magnetic semiconductor that may greatly increase the computing power and flexibility of future electronic devices while dramatically reducing their power ...

Researchers clear way to stronger glass Physics / Materials December 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| No comments yet Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which ...

Agile new plastics change shape with heat Physics / Materials November 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at MIT and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers have invented a class of materials so remarkable for their agility in changing shape as they react to heat, they might be described ...

All Optical Solution: Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of Light Physics / Materials November 01, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Internet is often called the information superhighway, but the real superhighway is the optical fiber that connects computers around the world at the speed of light, according to John Badding, Penn State ...

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Catalyst breakthrough boosts hydrogen fuel cells Physics / Materials February 08, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered new information on the behavior of nano-engineered platinum surfaces – information that may bring polymer electrolyte membrane fuel ...

Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System could hold a library on 1 disc Physics / Materials December 04, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s) \| No comments yet Imagine taking the entire collection of historical documents at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and storing it on a single DVD. University of Central Florida Chemistry Professor Kevin D. Belfield and his team ...

Metals discovery goes against the grain Physics / Materials February 02, 2007 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet Life in the laboratory is a stroll along the beach for two UQ researchers, after discovering metals bear exciting similarities to granular materials like sand.

Beyond silicon: Researchers demonstrate new transistor technology Physics / Materials December 08, 2006 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 42 vote(s) \| No comments yet MIT engineers have demonstrated a technology that could introduce an important new phase of the microelectronics revolution that has already brought us iPods, laptops and much more.

Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency Physics / Materials May 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion ...

Bigger is not necessarily better -- in hydrogen storage Physics / Materials September 22, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Nottingham scientists have made a breakthrough which could help in the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly cars. Their latest findings on hydrogen storage could be crucial in the development ...

Inverse Woodpile Structure Has Extremely Large Photonic Band Gap Physics / Materials May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| No comments yet As many homeowners know, when stacking firewood, pieces should be placed close enough to permit passage of a mouse, but not of a cat chasing the mouse.

MIT researchers create visionary optic fibers Physics / Materials July 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 57 vote(s) \| No comments yet In a radical departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists have developed a sophisticated optical system made of mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers. The fiber constructs, which have a ...

New All-Optical Modulator Paves the Way to Ultrafast Communications and Computing Physics / Materials October 06, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 57 vote(s) \| No comments yet In the 1950s, a revolution began when glass and metal vacuum tubes were replaced with tiny and cheap transistors. Today, for the cost of a single vacuum tube, you can buy a computer chip with literally millions of transistors.

New laser technique that strips hydrogen from silicon surfaces Physics / Materials May 18, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of researchers have achieved a long-sought scientific goal: using laser light to break specific molecular bonds. The process uses laser light, instead of heat, to strip hydrogen atoms from silicon surfaces, ...

New research reveals subtlety of superconductivity Physics / Materials March 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Argonne scientists helped lead the superconducting revolution 20 years ago this month with their landmark solution of the structure of the most widely known high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O₇. ...

Novel magnetic semiconductor puts new spin on electronics Physics / Materials May 24, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at MIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Lab have developed a novel magnetic semiconductor that may greatly increase the computing power and flexibility of future electronic devices while dramatically reducing their power ...

Researchers clear way to stronger glass Physics / Materials December 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| No comments yet Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which ...

Agile new plastics change shape with heat Physics / Materials November 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at MIT and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers have invented a class of materials so remarkable for their agility in changing shape as they react to heat, they might be described ...

All Optical Solution: Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of Light Physics / Materials November 01, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| No comments yet The Internet is often called the information superhighway, but the real superhighway is the optical fiber that connects computers around the world at the speed of light, according to John Badding, Penn State ...

Catalyst breakthrough boosts hydrogen fuel cells

Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System could hold a library on 1 disc

Metals discovery goes against the grain

Beyond silicon: Researchers demonstrate new transistor technology

Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency

Bigger is not necessarily better -- in hydrogen storage

Inverse Woodpile Structure Has Extremely Large Photonic Band Gap

MIT researchers create visionary optic fibers

New All-Optical Modulator Paves the Way to Ultrafast Communications and Computing

New laser technique that strips hydrogen from silicon surfaces

New research reveals subtlety of superconductivity

Novel magnetic semiconductor puts new spin on electronics

Researchers clear way to stronger glass

Agile new plastics change shape with heat

All Optical Solution: Cruising the Superhighway on a Beam of Light

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