New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells
May 16, 2007 |
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A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace ...
Inexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don’t normally stick together. The team’s adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could ...
Scientists pioneer technique for 'weighing' black holes
Space & Earth science / Astronomy
May 16, 2007 |
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Two astrophysicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuk, have successfully tested a new method for determining the masses of black holes.
From ink to optics, study of particle mixtures yields fundamental insights
May 16, 2007 |
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Since the invention of ink over 3,000 years ago, people have exploited the unique properties of colloids, in which particles of one substance are suspended in another. Now, Princeton University chemical engineers ...
Microsoft: Why Not Use Your Phone as a Cheap PC?
May 16, 2007 |
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While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called "Fone+".
Penn Physicists Develop a Carbon Nanotube Aeroegel Optimizing Strength, Shape and Conductivity
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created low-density aerogels made from carbon nanotubes, CNTs, that are capable of supporting 8,000 times their own weight. The new material also combines the strength and ...
Scientists demonstrate first use of nanotechnology to enter plant cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 16, 2007 |
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A team of Iowa State University plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression with ...
Researchers reveal first images of brain changes associated with memory
May 16, 2007 |
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University of California, Irvine researchers have developed the first images of the physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory, a discovery that is already uncovering clues about memory loss ...
First demonstration of new hair follicle generation in an animal model
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that hair follicles in adult mice regenerate by re-awakening genes once active only in developing embryos. These findings provide ...
Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep sea
May 16, 2007 |
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Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in the Weddell Sea provide ...
