Physical Sciences
New research has established the “miracle material” called graphene as the world’s thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion.
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A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviolet range.
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Researchers have developed a “soft template infiltration” technique for fabricating free-standing piezoelectrically active ferroelectric nanotubes and other nanostructures from PZT.
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Solar cells, light emitting diodes, displays and other electronic devices could get a bump in performance because of a discovery at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Sandia’s decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs.
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Equipped with specialized lasers and GPS technology, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are working with colleagues to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately measure the amount of snow on the ground.
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Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors—quantum nanowires.
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A team of University of Arkansas researchers, including an Honors College undergraduate student, has created a new, “green” method for developing medicines.
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Once a battery fails, there are no corrective measures—how do you look inside a battery without destroying it? Now, researchers have developed methodology, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to do just that.
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This technique holds promise for the creation of catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water that is acidic.
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Think of it as cooking with carbon spaghetti: A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string.
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Some of the recent advancements in nanotechnology depend critically on how nanoparticles move and diffuse on a surface or in a fluid under non-ideal to extreme conditions. Georgia Tech has a team of researchers dedicated to advancing this frontier.
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