At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…
Read MoreR50 vacuum insulation panel, 30x48x1 inch. Credit: ThermalVisions. Nano R&D is opening up new energy-conservation vistas, but a new report from Lux Research claims that the adoption of existing nano-enabled…
Read MoreA press release from the American Institute of Physics claims that miniature photovoltaic devices are being developed for the delivery of chemotherapy drugs directly to tumors, rendering chemotherapy less toxic to…
Read MoreTop and side view of etched silicon battery material. (Credit: Rice Univ.) According to a press release, a team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way…
Read MoreA granular “blob” instead pinchers or fingers at the end of robot arms? Researchers from the University of Chicago, Cornell and iRobot think they have developed a markedly simple step…
Read MorePorcelain stamp’s colors (right) are more vivid than paper one. Two items today! The first one has to do with porcelain Chinese postage stamps (above). The limited edition stamps, which…
Read MoreWang and colleagues used small angle X-ray diffraction and wide-angle X-ray diffraction to observe changes in the molecular structure of wurtzite crystal under pressure. It may come as a bit…
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan engineers are using a new manufacturing process called “capillary forming” to make carbon nanotubes in shapes that span the scope of the imagination. According to a press…
Read MoreTruly amazing! OSU Materials blog has shared this slow motion film of water droplets falling on a superhydrophobic carbon nanotube array. The video was filmed by Adrianus Aria and Morteza…
Read MoreThe world shouldn’t take China’s rare earth supply for granted, according to a new Bloomberg story. The ministry of commerce of the Asian nation that, effectively, controls much of the market…
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