Archive for September, 2010

Serendipity: Nano LEDs accidentally produced during NIST nanowire research

Graphic illustrates a single row of nanowires (cylinders with red tops) with fin-shaped nanowalls extending outward. Credit: NIST. Speaking of ZnO nanowires, chemists at NIST who were perfecting...
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Inexpensive radial ZnO nanowire brushes ’scrub’ toxic compounds from water

Low-magnification SEM image of the hierarchical nanostructure consisting of radially aligned ZnO nanowires grown on electrospun poly-l-lactide nanofibers. Inset: schematic representation of the...
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ACerS new Career Center jobsite launched

The American Ceramic Society has launched its new Career Center. Best of all, it’s free. Job seekers will find a broad range of opportunities spanning academia, government labs and private...
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Intriguing scientists and engineers among 2010 MacArthur ‘genius’ Fellows

(Either JavaScript is not active or you are using an old version of Adobe Flash Player. Please install the newest Flash Player.) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 23 new...
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Dutch report advances with low-cost, low-temp Pd-film-on-ceramic hydrogen production membrane

  The nonprofit Energy Research Center of the Netherlands reports that it is making significant advances with hydrogen separation membrane technology at an experimental plant in Italy. An ECN...
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