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Experts at the Kansas State University (KSU) have recently announced that they managed to augment the electric properties of the carbon compound graphene, by adding gold nanoflakes to its surface. They argue that the addition of the so-called snowflake-shaped gold nanostars (SFGN) created a uniformly distributed &ldq... |
14 October 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Graphene is a carbon compound featuring some peculiar physical and chemical properties, which was discovered just five years ago. Since then, it has been investigated extensively, as experts hope to manufacture it for electronics production one day. Recently, a team of experts from Italy, the United States, and the U... |
12 October 2009
05:19 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the Netherlands has proven scientifically, for the first time, that graphite can be a permanent magnet at room temperature. The find could have significant implications for new types of electronic devices, nanostructures, and various types of regular and bio-sensors, the team reports. The ... |
5 October 2009
02:32 GMT |
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According to an international science group, the now-renowned carbon compound known as graphene can be turned into a highly efficient semiconductor material through a simple tug. The experts, from the University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, the Institute of Materials Science, in Madrid, Spain, and the Univer... |
28 September 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Experts from the Rice University have recently announced new progress in nanotechnology research. They found a new way of using graphite, a basic carbon compound that makes up the inside of pencils, as a reprogrammable gate array. This could bring about a revolution in integrated-circuit logic design, which could, in... |
10 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Experts at the Northwestern University (NU) have recently announced that they managed to discover a way of transforming an average insulating material into a conductor, using nothing more than an average camera flash. The low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder, known as graphite oxide, was through this ... |
13 August 2009
05:54 GMT |
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According to statistical estimates, Earth's rocks should have a much higher concentration of carbon dioxide inside them than proven scientifically, and the discrepancy has experts asking where the rest of the chemical went. The estimates were drawn from the amount of carbon that can be found in the planet-formin... |
12 August 2009
05:15 GMT |
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One of the problems that could constitute an issue in the wide-scale use of graphene sheets in the new generation of circuits and electronic devices concerns ripples, which are similar to the ones exhibited by a plastic wrap tightly pulled over a clamped edge. And the need to use the carbon compound will be very comp... |
27 July 2009
04:52 GMT |
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Since it was first discovered in 2004, graphene has been one of the materials largely touted as having the potential to completely revolutionize the world, at least in terms of electronic devices. Believed to be a sustainable alternative to the silicon used in modern chips, the carbon compound has proven its abiliti... |
10 July 2009
04:44 GMT |
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It is widely accepted that the Universe exploded into existence some 13.7 billion years ago, when the Big Bang created the first light and the first amounts of matter, which then immediately started expanding. Over millions of years, galaxies and black holes began to differentiate, and, after the reionization stage e... |
18 June 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Ever since graphene was first discovered in 2004, experts have realized the immense potential that the new carbon-compound has for constructing new generations of computer processors and semiconductor materials. However, creating large amounts of the stuff has proven to be a very complex task, which has largely remai... |
13 May 2009
11:02 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have just recently created the smallest incandescent light bulb in history, which is about 100,000 times narrower and 10,000 times shorter than the one first designed by Thomas Edison. The filament of the new bulb is only 1.4-micrometer long and approx... |
7 May 2009
04:44 GMT |
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A few years ago, no one would have thought that researchers would end up using the same stuff that makes up pencil mines in order to create the world's next mass-produced, super-fast computer chips. Indeed, it would seem that the conventional way of constructing transistors has reached a dead end, with the incre... |
1 April 2009
09:24 GMT |
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Physicists working on ways of building more and more integrated circuits on smaller electronic devices are aware of some simple and undeniable truths, such as that, below a certain point of miniaturization, the forces that are negligible in large-scale electronics have become so strong that they influence the outcome... |
21 March 2009
06:17 GMT |
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Scientists from the University of Texas in Dallas (UT), working together with colleagues around the world, have manged to finally create one of the most interesting and applicable materials to date. They have shaped one of the lightest compounds to have ever been generated, which is less dense than air, into an artif... |
20 March 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Duke University researchers have found a new way of keeping water pipes clean and free of residues, drawing their inspiration from medicine designed to prevent the formation of clots in the human circulatory system. Basically, they advocate the use of microscopic carbon particles, known as buckyballs, to prevent dirt... |
5 March 2009
09:02 GMT |
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Racing games have been enjoying a massive amount of popularity for a long while now, largely due to Electronic Arts' very successful Need For Speed franchise, which has entertained people with adrenaline-filled races for quite some time, but which, lately, hasn't been up to par with what the company wants f... |
26 February 2009
03:14 GMT |
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Finding the temperature tipping point at which diamonds melt has been very important to scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories, for a few important reasons. First off, it has pointed to a state of carbon where three of its forms (solid diamond, liquid carbon and bc8) exist together. Secondly, it has given clu... |
19 February 2009
02:16 GMT |
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The new material, which was first discovered in 2004, has extremely surprising properties, researchers say, properties that could be put to good use, such as building flexible, transparent electronics, if only scientists were able to synthesize larger quantities of it. Basically, the substance is only one atom thick,... |
15 January 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Perfection does indeed come from flaws, as a new discovery in the fields of nanotechnology and energy conductivity indicates. Namely, a team of US experts managed to alter the internal structure of carbon nanotubes that typically behaved as insulators so that now it performs better than the traditionally-used silicon... |
16 December 2008
07:35 GMT |
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Materials built from double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) have unique properties derived from the combination of features from single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs). Transparent conductors, for instance, are best fit for solar energy cells or flat displays, and as the need for these inc... |
15 December 2008
07:00 GMT |
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A team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have discovered that carbon nanofibers added to the polyurethane foams used at upholstered furniture in order to decrease its flammability enhance the effect by as much as 30 percent. Usually, the foam drips while burning, and forms a miniat... |
11 December 2008
09:41 GMT |
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In the light of the latest dispute over the impact of the carbon dioxide on the global warming and the fate of the planet's climate, NASA is poised to send a new probe set to provide accurate measurements on the levels and dynamics of CO2. This specific aspect, namely how much CO2 exists in the atmosphere and wh... |
10 December 2008
07:20 GMT |
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A peculiar comet by the name of Machholz 1 was found more than two decades ago, in 1986, by Donald Machholz from Loma Prieta, California. So far, experts determined that, judging by its abnormal chemical composition, which requires assigning it to an entirely new category, it must have arrived here from somewhere wel... |
3 December 2008
08:34 GMT |
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More in-depth research on the impact of free radicals and isotopes on aging performed by Russian biochemist Mikhail Shchepinov provided the grounds for a company called Retrotope, formed in collaboration with other heavy-weight scientists, that aims to find a way to slow down aging. Special heavy water could be the a... |
28 November 2008
18:01 GMT |
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DRO Concepts has introduced its first carbon fiber iPhone cases. Simply dubbed the Carbon Fiber iPhone Case (also available for the 3G model), the product provides style and protection, without sacrificing access to your iPhone’s features. The company assures visitors of its website that real carbon fiber has ... |
27 November 2008
11:10 GMT |
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Nanomaterials are that kind of material made of parts less than one tenth of a micrometer (less than a thousandth of a human hair) in at least one dimension, sporting particular features and characteristics. In the related section of this article, you can check out some of the latest uses of such materials. To put it... |
12 November 2008
07:11 GMT |
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A new self-healing smart material is in the making at Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). The concept is ready, but some fine-tuning works are still required so that the material can successfully and autonomously heal itself. The carbon composite material is among the strongest a... |
4 November 2008
06:46 GMT |
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Google’s ambitions seem to have no limit in sight so, after leaving its mark on the Internet and after trying to help the world help itself, the next logical step for the company is to build the greenest office there ever was. Consequently, it has submitted the plans to the Mountain View Planning Department th... |
29 October 2008
10:02 GMT |
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The newest wonder coming from the small world of nanotubes is the buckypaper, which resembles carbon paper in appearance and manipulation but is, in fact, 10 times lighter and 500 times tougher than steel. In the future, when the technology is up and running and the buckypaper is made on a commercial scale, it could... |
23 October 2008
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The US Army plans to invest massively in developing improved technology for waging the wars of the future. Simultaneously, their recruitment approaches become more aggressive.Thomas Killion, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, believes that developing nanobots will be a great asset... |
15 October 2008
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Geckos have an odd ability that seems to allow them to defy gravity; it has been puzzling scientists (and superhero comics authors) for decades, as they hang upside-down on vertical surfaces with the least of efforts. By analyzing the Gecko feet, researchers were able to come up with a material that surpasses the res... |
10 October 2008
10:23 GMT |
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The car batteries that we rely on today may be soon "driven" to extinction by recent discoveries. Engineers' old engine power-delivery problem has now been solved by means of the new supercapacitor. Post-doctoral researcher Jiyoung Oh together with research scientist Mikhail Kozlov from the NanoTech Instit... |
22 September 2008
04:59 GMT |
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Life appeared on Earth several billion years ago. Humans on the other hand, have been around for a little over 250,000 years. We know much about mathematics, physics, biology, etc., yet, one of the biggest mysteries today is related to how life first began on our planet. Now researchers say that diamonds might have b... |
28 July 2008
02:55 GMT |
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Carbon sheets only one atom thick, also known as graphene, became a wonder material in 2004 when they were first discovered and maintained their status ever since, showing good electrical and thermal conductivity as well as semiconductor properties. Now, defect-free graphene monolayers were also proven to possess exc... |
18 July 2008
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Currently, it is widely considered that life first appeared on our planet approximately 3.5 billion years ago in the outcome of a period that is currently known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, which saw the Earth under a rain of debris coming from out of space. Such an effect would have most likely prevented the evolu... |
3 July 2008
07:18 GMT |
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Most stars in the universe, including our Sun, end their lives as white dwarfs, highly dense objects burning the leftovers of the nuclear fuel of what used to be the core of the star during most of its life. These objects can be so dense that they can pack a mass of about 1.5 times that of the Sun into a volume compa... |
5 May 2008
02:57 GMT |
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It has come to our attention that Adobe's Creative Suite 4 for Mac is going to launch as a 32-bit suite, not a 64-bit suite, like the one Windows users are getting at launch, but as a 32-bit app bundle. If you're so upset that you just need to blame someone for this (and fast), blame Apple for dropping Car... |
3 April 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have released a report claiming that carbon nanotubes are better than copper interconnects when performing at the 45-nm process node. The scientists used for the first time a supercomputer simulation with detailed quantum mechanical effects, which shown that copper cannot... |
15 March 2008
05:56 GMT |
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Mining diamonds from Earth's crust is a messy business, especially if you consider that they are rather rare on the surface. Scientists predict that larger amounts of diamonds may be found in our planet's inner regions where they usually form; however, the enormous pressure inside the Earth and the great de... |
27 February 2008
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The age of trees or fish is not the only one that can be determined through the analysis of specific elements, like growth rings or scales. A radiocarbon dating technique can use special proteins in the crystalline lens of the eye for determining a person's age. The method developed by a team at the University ... |
31 January 2008
05:50 GMT |
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Nanotube technology is finally showing its true power by creating the first nanotube radio out of carbon nanotube materials. This represents an important step for the introduction of carbon nanotube structures into the world of analog electronics and applications that derive directly from this branch. The claim is de... |
29 January 2008
09:56 GMT |
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These odd rodents are ugly as hell. The mole rats are hairless, wrinkled, cold blooded (the only case known in mammals) and... totally insensitive to the pain induced by acids or chili peppers, according to a new research. Mole rats live in colonies in poor-oxygenated burrows about 2 m (6 ft) underground, in Eastern ... |
29 January 2008
03:08 GMT |
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The beginning of the 20th century found mankind right in the middle of a struggle to learn even more about the universe we live in. Einstein published his theory of relativity, resolving a long debate in the field of physics, while Hans Bethe from the Cornell University published for the first time an approximated mo... |
25 January 2008
04:42 GMT |
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The carbon nanopipette, which can also be used to inject certain fluids into cells without damaging or disable the growing of the respective cell, is the smallest of its kind, with a width measuring only a thousand of the diameter of a human hair. Such micropipettes made out of glass can be routinely found in researc... |
16 January 2008
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If the previous record holder reflected only about 0.16 percent of the shined light, the newly designed material is at least four times more efficient at absorbing light. Scientists from the Huston University have been successful in creating the darkest material known to man. But what is an ultrablack material? An ul... |
15 January 2008
05:25 GMT |
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1.The Earth is wrapped in a layer of gas called atmosphere. Atmosphere is tied to Earth by gravitation, so that it cannot disperse in the space. It is 500 km (300 mi) thick, being made of a mix of about 10 gases, called air. The air is made by nitrogen (78 %), oxygen (21 %) and other gases (argon, carbon dioxide, he... |
14 January 2008
16:26 GMT |
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Well, for an average person to tell the difference between a diamond and an inexpensive cubic zirconia crystal is pretty easy, as the cubic zirconia quickly loses its luster. However, while dealing with a real diamond and a synthetic one, the identification process could prove to be a challenge taking into considerat... |
8 January 2008
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Baby you can fly my car, but how about diving with it? That's what you can say after seeing this. Rinspeed has a reputation of developing vehicles that can sink like stones and still be fully functional. Now, the company has come up with the world's first real diving car. And don't worry about killing ... |
19 December 2007
13:21 GMT |
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Silicon is one of the oldest veterans in the IT industry. It has marched a long way but modern requirements tend to ask for more than it can offer. Just like the transistor, silicone is about to retire, or at least this is what Princeton University researchers say.The Princeton University engineers have discovered a ... |
19 December 2007
09:49 GMT |
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