New fabrication method could advance technologies ranging from medical imaging devices to grid-scale energy storage.
Month: January 2013
Dow opens new wind energy application center in Switzerland
Facilities allow for advanced, large-scale technology testing.
Fluid and Gas Pressure under Control
Festo introduced a corrosion-resistant sensor for measuring the pressure of even aggressive fluids.
Scaling-Up Electrospinning: A Review of Industrial Opportunities and Technological Challenges
Leading experts have reported on the industrial upscaling of electrospinning and applications of polymer nanofibers.
Wavelength-Dependent Shapeshifting: Plasmon-Mediated Growth Control
Selective growth of twinned silver nanocubes from high-energy incident light refined by Chad Mirkin and co-workers.
The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions
Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.
Modified silicon carbide crystals could be better than diamond
University of Würzburg physicists have modified silicon carbide crystals and found that they may have application in quantum computing.
Study reveals extraordinary glass properties
Computational and laboratory studies have confirmed that technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours.
DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores
Brown University researchers have observed and analyzed the movement of individual molecules of DNA using a nanoporous material.
Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste
Rice, Moscow State universities collaborate on solution to toxic groundwater woes.
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