How Water Disintegrates Rocks

How Water Disintegrates Rocks

The interactions were deconstructed to a molecular level

Carbon Clusters Boost Chemotherapy Efficiency

Carbon Clusters Boost Chemotherapy Efficiency

At the same time, the nanostructures reduce side effects

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 14th, 2012
Plants Wake Up Early to Prepare for Battle

Plants Wake Up Early to Prepare for Battle

They have defense mechanisms against insect attacks

Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Turned into Blood Vessels

Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Turned into Blood Vessels

The achievement could help mend broken baby hearts

Fine-Tuning Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence

Fine-Tuning Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence

Investigators analyze how imperfections impair this trait

Nanotube-Based Terahertz Polarizers Developed at Rice

Nanotube-Based Terahertz Polarizers Developed at Rice

Adding the carbon structures can lead to innovative, advanced applications

Solid-State Materials Can Produce Superfluorescence

Solid-State Materials Can Produce Superfluorescence

The hypothesis was recently confirmed in a new study

Trojan Asteroids' Behavior Mimicked with Single Atom

Trojan Asteroids' Behavior Mimicked with Single Atom

Researchers use laser and atom beams to produce an interesting state

Graphene Is Nearly 'Invisible' to Water

Graphene Is Nearly 'Invisible' to Water

Materials coated in the compound remain wettable

Discriminate, and You'll Get Sick

Discriminate, and You'll Get Sick

Experts establish link between state of health and discrimination

Graphene Exhibits Preferred Directions During Rips

Graphene Exhibits Preferred Directions During Rips

This gives the material brand new uses that experts were unaware of

Graphene Can Be Outfitted with Organic Molecules

Graphene Can Be Outfitted with Organic Molecules

Wide range of new applications open up for the carbon compounds

Kill Them with Light! Nanorods Effective Against Cancer Cells

Kill Them with Light! Nanorods Effective Against Cancer Cells

These tiny nanostructures convert light into heat

Facial Disfigurements Do Represent Grounds for Discrimination

Facial Disfigurements Do Represent Grounds for Discrimination

Even if our supposedly modern society cannot admit this to itself

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 9th, 2011
Oceanic Methane May Have Caused the PETM Event

Oceanic Methane May Have Caused the PETM Event

The climate change event occurred more than 56 million years ago

Graphene Slices Can Now Form Nematic Liquid Crystal

Graphene Slices Can Now Form Nematic Liquid Crystal

The capability was developed at the Rice University

Majorana Fermions Could Soon Be Obtained at Rice University

Majorana Fermions Could Soon Be Obtained at Rice University

The innovation could pave the way for new quantum computers

 
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