Computational and laboratory studies have confirmed that technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours.
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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.
Ultratech Announces Asset Acquisition of Cambridge Nanotech
Company announces aquisition assests of former leader in atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions.
PNNL recognized for transferring innovations to the marketplace
Lab wins three Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for energy storage, cancer treatment, and next-gen microchip work.
Research creates 'recipe book' for building new materials
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder open the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature.