 Engineering new uses for gold August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more. | |
 Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested at NASA. | |
 Pouring oil on troubled waters – scientists solve secrets of the water-oil interface August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When oil and water are poured together they meet each other head-on to form a strong and rigid boundary between each other, says new research into how interactions between oil and water work, ... | |
 Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity' July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells. | |
 Scientists determine strength of 'liquid smoke' with 3D images July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a 3D image of a material referred to as "liquid smoke." Aerogel, also known as liquid smoke or "San Francisco fog," is an open-cell polymer with pores smaller than ... | |
 Argonne scientists discover new class of glassy material July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are dealing with an entirely new type of frustration, but it's not stressing them out. | |
 Diamonds may have been life's best friend on primordial Earth July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Diamonds may have been life's best friend. Billions of years ago, the surface of these gems may have provided just the right conditions to foster the chemical reactions believed to have given rise to life ... | |
 Revolutionary materials reflect ancient forms July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although order is pleasing to the eye, it can quickly become boring. In Islamic architecture therefore, decoration often follows a strict yet aperiodic pattern. Similar structures also form ... | |
 Trees Can Inspire Smart Materials July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature, in the simple form of a tree canopy, appears to provide keen insights into the best way to design complex systems to move substances from one place to another, an essential ingredient ... | |
Transparent Semiconductors May Be Future of Flat Panel Display Industry July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Some types of “amorphous oxide” transparent semiconductors originally developed in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University may form the basis for the next generation of flat panel displays, providing better ... | |
 Rocketing Through Water June 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 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 18 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 29 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 ... | |
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