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Material known as iron-based superconductors may have just been brought one step closer to practical applications and widespread use, thanks to an achievement managed by investigators at the University of Maryland and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The group was able to discover a memb... |
8 February 2012
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US Department of Energy (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) experts announce the development of a technique that induces nanoscale crystal rods to self-assemble into uni-, bi-, and three-dimensional structures at the macroscopic scale.
The achievement is extremely important, especially consid... |
2 February 2012
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A team of geologists analyzing a puzzling rock sample discovered that it was made up of a type of crystal that had never before been encountered in nature. Scientists know all there is to know about this material, but only because they created it in the lab. Now, they hypothesize that the rock is in fact a meteorite.... |
4 January 2012
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A team of physicists from the Stanford University announces the creation of a new type of amorphous carbon, which was obtained in an experimental setup under extreme pressures. The researchers say that the material rivals diamond in terms of harshness.However, the amorphous structure this form of carbon has isn'... |
18 October 2011
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Some of the most common, naturally-occurring biominerals, such as for example seashells, will soon be reproduced thanks to a new technique developed by investigators at the University of Leeds.
Researchers here were recently able to recreate synthetic crystals whose structures and properties closely mimic those o... |
5 September 2011
08:45 GMT |
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While conducting a study to determine the behavior of tiny particles called colloids inside liquids, researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) and the University of Vienna (UV) found that the particles were spontaneously producing organized structures when subjected to stress.According to the res... |
8 August 2011
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A recent study reveals that the reason Haumea gets its distinctive glimmer in space is because its surface may be covered with ice. The study was conducted by experts with the European Space Agency (ESA), and was detailed in a recent press release.
According to the document, it would seem that the dwarf planet go... |
14 May 2011
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A group of investigators in the United States announces the creation of a new type of metal-free organic crystals, which are capable of exhibiting phosphorescence when excited by ultraviolet light.This is the first time that this property has been obtained in materials other than non-organic compounds or organometall... |
14 February 2011
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A group of French scientists was recently able to identify a new class of particles in the central parts of Antarctica, that analysis show did not originate on our planet. Most likely, the team says, the alien particles came here from outer space, most likely aboard comets. The particles were found by French research... |
30 December 2010
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In a groundbreaking new study, researchers determined that a solution containing microscale plastic particles and oil was capable of organizing itself around the curved surface of a water droplet in a wrinkle-free manner, by forming natural pleats. The technique has been used by seamstresses for centuries, for brinin... |
27 December 2010
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Just about everyone who's ever loved parading their cool, sportsy-like timepiece in front of their friends is quite well accustomed to Casio's G-Shock line, these very resilient watches managing to maintain quite a high level of interest (and fame) over the years.However, it seems that rolling out watches t... |
26 November 2010
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An international physics team announces the development of a research method that allows for the controlling of key electrical, chemical and magnetic properties in crystals such as sapphire. The procedure is also capable of exerting control over the material's durability and strength, the team says, adding that ... |
26 November 2010
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A group of investigators in the United States says that, by using strands of DNA and protein structures known as virus-like particles, it is possible to create materials that behave just like photonic crystals. These are exotic structures that have the ability to guide light beams through very narrow and contained sp... |
19 October 2010
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A team of investigators from the Molecular Foundry announce that atomic force mciroscopy can now be used to determine how a certain class of proteins promotes the development of crystals in cell-like environments. The work focused on analyzing surface-layer (S-layer) proteins, which are the primary point of contact b... |
23 September 2010
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For many years, biologists have been puzzled by the amazing colors that butterflies' wings have. They change depending on how light hits them, and a while ago it was discovered that the hues are not produced by pigments, like in any other living species. It was found that specialized formations of cells, arrange... |
15 June 2010
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For many years, science books have been presenting the areas underneath the surface of the Earth, the upper and lower mantles, and the core, as regions that are relatively homogeneous. However, experts know that this is as far from the truth as it gets. These planetary layers are actually riddled with all sorts of st... |
12 May 2010
06:04 GMT |
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Scientists from the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) recently announced that a new study they conducted on a famous Martian meteorite found in 1996 lends further credence to the fact that ancient life existed at one point on Mars. The space rock has been a cause for discord in the international scientific community si... |
8 May 2010
06:47 GMT |
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The link between mass and acceleration is clear to anyone. The mass of a body and the force that acts on it determine how fast that particular object will travel when the force is applied. Given a force of a specified value, a lighter object will always be accelerated faster than a heavier one, for the simple reason ... |
12 April 2010
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Learning how to handle photons, and how to stack them on top of each other is an ability that is absolutely essential for the field of quantum computing and communication. However, playing with photons is an enormously complicated feat, for the simple reason that these elementary particles disappear if they hit anyth... |
15 February 2010
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UK experts at the Imperial College London (ICL) have recently made a significant breakthrough in HIV research, after more than 20 years of research. The achievement could have considerable implications on approaching HIV and AIDS patients, and could result in groundbreaking, new therapies for the condition, healthcar... |
1 February 2010
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In addition to being able to peer inside the human body, detect hazardous materials at the airport, and even look at the structure of atomic nuclei, X-rays may also be apt at promoting the formation of new crystals. A team of researchers at the Northwestern University has recently determined that the radiation can be... |
26 January 2010
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At this point, the foundation of the electronics industry lies directly on semiconductors, materials that provide computers with the substrate they need to achieve their full performances. Many semiconductors, in turn, are built out of thin films, which need to be grown in the lab. Researchers at the Cornell Universi... |
22 January 2010
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One of the most commonly known traits of snowflakes is the fact that they are hexagonal. Even pre-school children can tell you this, and their properties as such have been exhaustively investigated over the years. But, commonly, scientists discover that the frozen water falling from the sky is actually shaped like a ... |
27 November 2009
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Crystallization is the name given to the process that sees the transformation of a solution, melt or gas into solid crystals, through precipitation. The phenomenon takes place relatively slow when compared to other types of chemical reactions, and scientists have recently discovered one of the reasons for that. It wo... |
21 November 2009
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An Italian team argued some time ago that it had discovered dark matter, in a statement that shocked the world of astrophysics. However, when other research groups wanted to replicate the experiments, they had a very difficult time doing so. It may be that they will have to reach the same conclusion as the Italians, ... |
4 November 2009
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Experts from the University of Edinburgh, in the UK, have recently announced that very small crystals may hold the key to making the computers of tomorrow able to hold up to 100 times more data than existing systems. The team has been involved in trying to produce salt crystals in gel, using advanced laser technology... |
19 October 2009
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Guiding light through optical fibers was never something easy to do, and the communication industry has been using photonic crystals – specially patterned materials – for the job since the early days. In mobile phones, unwanted frequencies are screened out using similar materials, called phononic crystals... |
19 October 2009
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The beautiful depth that crystals have is one of the things that have fascinated people since the early days of civilization. Fortune tellers use it to scout the future, while some believe that the stones channel mystical powers, which can be harnessed for various purposes. But scientists have no ambition of learning... |
16 October 2009
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One of the deepest mysteries related to modern physics is the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity, in which regular chemicals become superconductors at specific temperatures and pressures. In an attempt to further the scientific understanding of these processes, the US Department of Defense (DOD) awarded... |
24 September 2009
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US Department of Energy (DOE) Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi now has all the reasons in the world to be filled with joy. His crystal-growth experiment, which he first dreamed of more than a decade ago, is finally aboard the International Space Station (ISS), in a microgravity environment. The DECLI... |
22 September 2009
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Scientists at the Emory University have for the first time ever imaged the interactions that take place in the fuzzy layer between crystal and liquid molecules, and were able to determine that the contact area is indeed very, very small. Details of their achievements appear in this week's issue of the respected ... |
12 August 2009
06:08 GMT |
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The study of protein structures is a very complex and delicate one, focusing on tiny formations at a very small scale. But this field of research could soon benefit from a large push forward, as researchers recently announced the development of a new laser technology, which allows the use of light pulses to grow High... |
6 August 2009
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Experts from the University of Minnesota (UM) announce in the July 31st issue of the respected journal Science that they managed to develop a new method to create high-performance membranes out of crystal sieves called zeolites. They argue that the innovation could lead to significant advancements in the understandin... |
31 July 2009
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Scientists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom recently devised a new method of harnessing the power of soldiers' marches. They created a system that allowed for the capture of the large amounts of kinetic energy that was generated when columns of servicemen walked from one point to another. The inn... |
27 July 2009
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One of the chemicals that can be found in frozen comets wondering through space has puzzled scientists for quite some time now. While this type of comets is usually born at the edges of solar systems, and mostly contains frozen matter, it also contains tiny crystalline silicate particles, which require enormous tempe... |
15 May 2009
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One of the greatest mysteries associated with the origin of life is how the right chemicals came to be bound together in a seemingly perfect way and then simply started to live. Amino-acids are at the base of all living creatures, but the conditions that have led to their appearance are still unclear. One researcher ... |
20 March 2009
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The limit of diffraction that most crystal types employ has been for a long time a very difficult obstacle in the path of scientists trying to take a closer look at the atomic structure of these materials. Now, experts at the University of Illinois have managed to achieve a breakthrough in the field, by devising a me... |
19 February 2009
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Scientists at the University of Manchester, who first discovered graphene, were also behind the creation of the new material, which differs from its predecessor through the fact that it also incorporates hydrogen atoms, which it attracts towards its ultra-thin structure. Basically, one could say that graphane, the ne... |
31 January 2009
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A new design, devised by Haim Abramovich, a developer at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, may hold the key to harnessing the power of moving vehicles to create electricity, he says. Piezoelectric crystals could be used to absorb heavy traffic and convert a 1 kilometer stretch of highway i... |
11 December 2008
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The Spitzer Space Telescope has recently made a startling discovery as it was scouring the skies in thorough observation of five young planet-nascent disks approximately 400 light years away from the Earth. While it was largely known that crystallized dust particles constantly lump up into larger versions, ultimately... |
12 November 2008
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Nanotechnology is full of surprises and new applications are discovered every day. One of the most unusual is the recent experiment of a team of scientists who were able to make a magnet change the color of a liquid, turning it from coffee-brown to orange, then green and finally dark blue.The liquid is actually a so... |
6 July 2007
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For the past century, mankind reached an unprecedented degree of development that would made our ancestors consider us wizards. Technological breakthroughs are in the news everyday, new materials are created that almost defy logic, if not the laws of physics.However, nature keeps surprising us when we least expect i... |
3 July 2007
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Apparently, a woman's inner charm is not enough to turn a few heads. Some Japanese thought it might be better to dress us in lights, or at least to give us a couple of dresses with a large number of attached LEDs, known as light emitting diodes, to be more specific.The dress allows any woman to shine in the dark... |
20 June 2007
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A high flux isotope reactor went online after more than a year of repairs, systems checks and improvements that cost more that $70 million. It's a research reactor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory internationally recognized as a neutron source for materials studies and isotope pr... |
18 May 2007
15:36 GMT |
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Colloids have been used for over 3,000 years, since the invention of ink, but only recently have scientist been able to decipher some of their unique properties. They are heterogeneous mixtures made of tiny particles or droplets that visually appear to be homogeneous solutions, meaning that they are in fact a mixtur... |
17 May 2007
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A new form of platinum has been produced by a research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists, which can greatly increase the present catalytic chemical processes such as those used to catalyze fuel oxidation and produce hydrogen for fuel cells. The new nanocrystals have a "tetrahexahedral" struc... |
4 May 2007
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Have you ever seen an ice cube with a strangely looking spike coming from it? How can a flat surface of water freeze upwards, defying gravity to form this unusual thorn?It's just physics. Water is a substance more complex than you might have thought. Besides being the absolutely necessary element for life in th... |
1 May 2007
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Reticular chemistry deals with the ability to construct chemical structures from molecular building blocks to create new classes of materials of exceptional variety.A team of chemists from the Center for Reticular Chemistry at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and the departments of chemistry and biochemi... |
13 April 2007
10:34 GMT |
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Certain polymers and glasses are known to change shape when exposed to light. This is called a piezoelectric effect, and means that piezoelectric crystals, when subjected to an externally applied voltage, can change shape by a small amount, about 0.1% of the original dimension.Researchers in Japan have discovered or... |
12 April 2007
06:35 GMT |
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