 Rocketing Through Water June 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Swimmers around the world are breaking records this year like never before, including at this week's U.S. Olympic trials. Some attribute it to extensive training as athletes prepare to compete at this summer's ... | |
A bright future for plastics -- robot 'skin,' flexible laptops and electric posters June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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WITH market analysts predicting a ten fold increase in the value of the organic light emitting display industry, from £1.5 billion to £15.5 billion, by 2014, it is no wonder that scientists and governments alike are keen ... | |
 Researchers create mercury-absorbent container linings for broken CFLs June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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With rising energy prices and greater concern over global warming, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are having a successful run. Sales of the curlicue, energy-sipping bulbs, which previously had languished ... | |
 Oxygen Ions for Fuel Cells Get Loose at Low Temperatures June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, has uncovered a novel ... | |
Silicon photonic crystals key to optical cloaking June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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In computer simulations, the researchers have demonstrated an approximate cloaking effect created by concentric rings of silicon photonic crystals. The mathematical proof brings scientists a step closer to a practical solution ... | |
 Exciton-based circuits eliminate a 'speed trap' between computing and communication signals June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated. | |
 NIST/NIH micromagnets show promise as colorful 'smart tags' for magnetic resonance imaging June 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Colo.-Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also potentially enhancing sensitivity and the amount of information ... | |
 Study Finds New Properties in Non-Magnetic Materials June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A team of Penn State researchers has shown for the first time that the entire class of non-magnetic materials, such as those used in some computer components, could have considerably more uses than scientists ... | |
 Testing, Radiation Testing: Northwestern Transistors On Space Station June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Transistors based on a new kind of material created by Northwestern University researchers have been lifted into outer space on the space shuttle Endeavour and attached to the outside of the International ... | |
A glass apart June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body. This will enable patients to regrow bones and could signal a move away from bone transplants. | |
 Bright sparks make gains towards plastic lasers of the future May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Imperial researchers have come one step closer to finding the 'holy grail' in the field of plastic semiconductors by demonstrating a class of material that could make electrically-driven plastic laser diodes ... | |
 New process could cause titanium price to tumble May 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications. | |
 Research puts new wrinkle in study of materials folding under pressure May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness ... | |
 MIT Creates New Material For Fuel Cells, Increases Power Output By 50 Percent May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, ... | |
Disorder Enables Extreme Sensitivity in Piezoelectric Materials May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. The ... | |
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