New fabrication method could advance technologies ranging from medical imaging devices to grid-scale energy storage.
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Dow opens new wind energy application center in Switzerland
Facilities allow for advanced, large-scale technology testing.
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.
Flexible graphene oxide films for new organic solar cells
Greek scientists develop a new method to fabricate graphene oxide films for use in flexible photovoltaics.
Grants for international master’s or doctorate in materials science
Deadline for application to study or research at the universities of Saarland, Barcelona, Nancy, Lulea and/or Linköping is 15 January 2013.
New biosensor monitors water quality
Device monitors microcystin-LR, a cyanobacterial toxin, in sources of drinking water supplies using carbon nanotube arrays.
Dual imaging MRI contrast agents using robotic synthesis
Robotic synthesis rapid screening and characterisation techniques used to development new materials for MRI.