Archive for 2008
Video of the week – Nanotube speakers
We posted about this novel use of carbon nanotubes as audio speakers on Monday, but today we have a video…
Read MoreCO2 sequestration leaps forward with new basalt study
Federal scientists working at PNNL today unveiled results of research that appear to show that carbon dioxide can be permanently…
Read MoreNanotube speakers – The next “big” thin thing
What’s transparent, stretchable, nearly weightless, flexible enough to be sown onto a shirt and plugs into your iPod? Maybe, soon,…
Read MoreEnergy ‘harvesting,’ structure monitoring confab at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech’s Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems is hosting its 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop Jan 28-29 in…
Read MoreOddest announcement of the last few weeks: Peeling tape can emit X-rays
Maybe a newly rediscovered property of Scotch tape is the reason the 3M company has been doing better in the…
Read MoreNanobamas – symbolic solutions to tough problems?
Perhaps we shouldn’t read too much into the microscopic faces of Barack Obama (shown above) that University of Michigan professor…
Read MoreKyocera scores with online ‘Fine Ceramics World’
“Fine ceramics” – a.k.a. advanced ceramics – gets a great boost from a new website launched by Kyocera. If…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Physics 101: What our next president needs to know
Credit: Berkeley Lab, YouTube Apropos of this week’s event in the U.S., this week’s video is based on what’s been…
Read MoreStudent contest winners explore ‘greenhouse world’
Two Dutch high school students have captured the top prize in an annual competition sponsored by PANalytical, a supplier of…
Read MoreGroup thinks its ‘black silicon’ boosts photoconductive gain
Why settle for one photon when you can get 200-300? That’s the idea behind a new material being developed by…
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