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![]() Houston TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2011 Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon - even Girl Scout Cookies. Graduate students in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour proved it when they invited a troop of Houston Girl Scouts to their lab to show them how it's done. The work is part of a paper published online by ACS Nano. Rice scientists described how graphene - a single-atom-thick sheet of the same material in pencil lead - can be made from just about any carbon source, including food, insects and wa ... read more |
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![]() Rice discovery points way to graphene circuits Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene. Graphe ... more | .. |
![]() DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical quantum wire DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST ... more | .. |
![]() The Orbital Perspective of Astronaut Ron Garan "Hello from space!" greets astronaut Ron Garan as an opening to his recently published video blog. Garan's goal is to show how this orbital research facility can help improve life on Earth, while al ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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![]() Innovnano builds new nanomaterial plant The construction of a new Innovnano plant, in the Coimbra iParque, has begun this month. This is an innovative industrial unit, which will manufacture nanomaterials from a worldwide unique process. ... more | .. |
![]() Amplified nanotubes may power the future Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will ... more | .. |
![]() Cracking the Code of the Mind TAU team connects neurons to computers to decipher the enigmatic code of neuronal circuits. Machine logic is based on human logic. But although a computer processor can be dissembled and dissected i ... more | .. |
![]() Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumours. The team of researchers, led by Physics lecturer Dr Ant ... more |
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![]() UA Teams Selected for Zero Gravity Flights Two undergraduate student teams from the University of Arizona will conduct experiments in zero gravity this week as part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The teams ar ... more | .. |
![]() U of T researchers build an antenna for light University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from ... more | .. |
![]() Nanocrystal transformers While a movie about giant robots that undergo structural transformations is breaking box office records this summer, a scientific study about structural transformations within single nanocrystals is ... more | .. |
![]() New studies point to wrinkles and process contaminants in Graphene Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team led by the University at Buffalo (UB) and including the ... more |
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![]() Putting sunshine in the tank Working with the Universities of East Anglia, York and Nottingham and using nanotechnology 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, the researchers are working on harnessing the vas ... more | .. |
![]() Berkeley Lab Scientists Find Unique Luminescence in Tetrapod Nanocrystals Observation of a scientific rule being broken can sometimes lead to new knowledge and important applications. Such would seem to be the case when scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)' ... more | .. |
![]() Tiny ring laser accurately detects and counts nanoparticles A tiny doughnut-shaped laser is the latest marvel of silicon microminiaturization, but instead of manipulating bits it detects very small particles. Small particles play a big - and largely unnotice ... more | .. |
![]() Researchers image graphene electron clouds, revealing how folds can harm conductivity A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene, producing a series of images that reveal how folds ... more |
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![]() Moving microscopic vision into another new dimension Scientists who pioneered a revolutionary 3-D microscope technique are now describing an extension of that technology into a new dimension that promises sweeping applications in medicine, biological ... more | .. |
![]() Scientists shed light on the private lives of electrons A Princeton researcher and his international collaborators have used lasers to peek into the complex relationship between a single electron and its environment, a breakthrough that could aid the dev ... more | .. |
![]() Splitsville for Boron Nitride Nanotubes For Hollywood celebrities, the term "splitsville" usually means "check your prenup." For scientists wanting to mass-produce high quality nanoribbons from boron nitride nanotubes, "splitsville" could ... more | .. |
![]() Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic ... more |
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![]() Branch offices: New family of gold-based nanoparticles could serve as biomedical 'testbed' Gold nanoparticles are becoming the ... well ... gold standard for medical-use nanoparticles. A new paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Natio ... more | .. |
![]() Scientists discover dielectron charging of water nano-droplet Scientists have discovered fundamental steps of charging of nano-sized water droplets and unveiled the long-sought-after mechanism of hydrogen emission from irradiated water. Working together at the ... more | .. |
![]() Simple, green and cost-effective way to produce high yields of graphene Scientists at Northern Illinois University say they have discovered a simple method for producing high yields of graphene, a highly touted carbon nanostructure that some believe could replace silico ... more | .. |
![]() UCLA team reports scalable fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors, circuits Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has the potential to make consumer electronic devices faster and smaller. But its unique properties, and the shrinking scale of electronics, als ... more |
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![]() Researchers Break Light-Matter Coupling Strength Limit in Nanoscale Semiconductors New engineering research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates that polaritons have increased coupling strength when confined to nanoscale semiconductors. This represents a promising advanc ... more | .. |
![]() Lockheed Martin Space Systems to Eliminate Approximately 1,200 Positions Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major business area of the Lockheed Martin has announced employment reductions designed to address affordability and improve its competitive posture. S ... more | .. |
![]() SDO Detects Superfast Solar Waves Moving At 2,000 Km Per Second Scientists using the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on board NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), have detected quasi-periodic waves in the low solar corona that travel at speeds ... more | .. |
![]() Research examines how to apply conductive nanocoatings to textiles Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers at North Carolina State University examining the ... more |
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![]() Research creates nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancer Researchers from the University of Hull have discovered a way to load up nanoparticles with large numbers of light-sensitive molecules to create a more effective form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) f ... more | .. |
![]() NIST 'catch and release' program could improve nanoparticle safety assessment Depending on whom you ask, nanoparticles are, potentially, either one of the most promising or the most perilous creations of science. These tiny objects can deliver drugs efficiently and enhance th ... more | .. |
![]() From seawater to freshwater with a nanotechnology filter In this month's Physics World, Jason Reese, Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the University of Strathclyde, describes the role that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could play in the d ... more | .. |
![]() Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear With the curtain about to rise on a much-anticipated new era of "nanoagriculture" - using nanotechnology to boost the productivity of plants for food, fuel, and other uses -scientists are reporting ... more |
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