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Nano-oils keep their coolHouston TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat. Research in the lab of Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan, which appears in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano, could raise the efficiency of such transformer oils by as much as 80 percent in a way that is both cost-effective and environmentally friendly. The Rice team ... read more |
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 Rice professor's nanotube theory confirmed The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties about nanotube gro ... more | .. |
  Smart paint could revolutionize structural safety An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strat ... more | .. |
 UK researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite - an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets ... more | .. |
 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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  Cosmology in a petri dish Scientists have found that micron-size particles which are trapped at fluid interfaces exhibit a collective dynamic that is subject to seemingly unrelated governing laws. These laws show a smooth tr ... more | .. |
 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- ... more | .. |
 Bilayer graphene works as an insulator A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" (BLG) that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in ... more | .. |
 Help Avoid Potential Risks From Rapidly Evolving Nano Tech Despite extensive investment in nanotechnology and increasing commercialization over the last decade, insufficient understanding remains about the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanoma ... more |
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 Water sees right through graphene Graphene is largely transparent to the eye and, as it turns out, largely transparent to water. A new study by scientists at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has determined ... more | .. |
 Nature Materials Study: Graphene "Invisible" to Water Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there. Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ... more | .. |
  T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays - the technology behind full-body security scanners. The researchers behind the study, published recentl ... more | .. |
 Optical nanoantennas enable efficient multipurpose particle manipulation University of Illinois researchers have shown that by tuning the properties of laser light illuminating arrays of metal nanoantennas, these nano-scale structures allow for dexterous optical tweezing ... more |
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 Graphene quantum dots: The next big small thing A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedi ... more | .. |
 Hydrogen advances graphene use Physicists at Linkoping University have shown that a dose of hydrogen or helium can render the "super material" graphene even more useful. Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its ... more | .. |
 Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used ... more | .. |
 Quick-Cooking Nanomaterials Make Tomorrow's Solid-State Air Conditioners and Refrigerators Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requ ... more |
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SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
EU faces heat over millions paid to Musk firms
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 ORNL experiments prove nanoscale metallic conductivity in ferroelectrics The prospect of electronics at the nanoscale may be even more promising with the first observation of metallic conductance in ferroelectric nanodomains by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laborator ... more | .. |
 Scientists solve mystery of colorful armchair nanotubes Rice University researchers have figured out what gives armchair nanotubes their unique bright colors: hydrogen-like objects called excitons. Their findings appear in the online edition of the Journ ... more | .. |
 Graphene reveals its magnetic personality In a report published in Nature Physics, they used graphene, the world's thinnest and strongest material, and made it magnetic. Graphene is a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a chicken wire s ... more | .. |
 A 3-Dimensional View of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures Just 100 nanometers in diameter, nanowires are often considered one-dimensional. But researchers at Northwestern University have recently reported that individual gallium nitride nanowires show stro ... more |
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 Down to the wire as Silicon links shrink to atomic scale The narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made - just four atoms wide and one atom tall - have been shown to have the same electrical current carrying capability of copper, according to a new s ... more | .. |
Down to the wire for silicon: Researchers create a wire 4 atoms wide, 1 atom tall The smallest wires ever developed in silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - have been shown by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purd ... more | .. |
 Graphene rips follow rules Research from Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley may give science and industry a new way to manipulate graphene, the wonder material expected to play a role in advanced ele ... more | .. |
 Scientists discover graphene nanomaterials with tunable functionality in electronics Electronics are getting smaller and smaller, flirting with new devices at the atomic scale. However, many scientists predict that the shrinking of our technology is reaching an end. Without an alter ... more |
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  Solar Power Goes Viral Catching a nasty virus certainly isn't on anyone's holiday wish list, but for solar power it might be just what the doctor ordered. With the help of a genetically modified virus, materials researche ... more | .. |
 The art of molecular carpet-weaving Stable two-dimensional networks of organic molecules are important components in various nanotechnology processes. However, producing these networks, which are only one atom thick, in high quality a ... more | .. |
  Badwater Basin: Death Valley Microbe Thrives There Nevada, the "Silver State," is well-known for mining precious metals. But scientists Dennis Bazylinski and colleagues at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) do a different type of mining. They ... more | .. |
 Nanoantennas show promise in optical innovations Researchers have shown how arrays of tiny "plasmonic nanoantennas" are able to precisely manipulate light in new ways that could make possible a range of optical innovations such as more powerful mi ... more |
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 Notre Dame researchers develop paint-on solar cells Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light-electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of res ... more | .. |
 Boron nanoribbons reveal surprising thermal properties in bundles Size matter... but apparently so does shape - when it comes to conducting heat in very small spaces. Researchers looking at the thermal conductivity of boron nanoribbons have found that they h ... more | .. |
 Not Only Invisible, but Also Inaudible Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, become reality: Light waves can be guided around an object to be hidden, in ... more | .. |
 Prototype NIST device measures absolute optical power in fiber at nanowatt levels Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a prototype device capable of absolute measurements of optical power delivered through an optical fiber. ... more |
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