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Better, stronger, lighter armor

What makes a piece of armor effective? Sure, it needs to be strong, and it should be lightweight. But what is it about a material's composition that gives it such properties? And can we develop materials that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Availability of hydrogen controls chemical structure of graphene oxide

A new study shows that the availability of hydrogen plays a significant role in determining the chemical and structural makeup of graphene oxide, a material that has potential uses in nano-electronics, nano-electromechanical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

From waste to water: Study examines solution to red mud problem

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working to turn a toxic industrial waste product into a material which can be used to treat contaminated water.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

London faces up to 'greenest' Games pledge

London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GREGOR telescope: Zooming in on the sun

(Phys.org) -- Nighttime is the astronomer’s day. After all, anyone wishing to see the stars must wait until it is dark. There is one exception to this rule, however: the sun. Close up, it can be used ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researches quiet combustion with patented 'noise sponge'

(Phys.org) -- A sponge-like material employed by a University of Alabama engineering professor can significantly quiet combustion, possibly making work environments safer and extending the life of equipment.

Technology / Engineering

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

EV motor system is smallest of its kind, says Mitsubishi

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitsubishi Electric has announced it has a new motor system for electric vehicles with impressive gains in reduced size and efficiency. The EV motor system is the smallest of its kind, according to the company ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 41 | with audio podcast report

Graphene lenses: 2-D electron shepherds

Researchers discover that a deformed layer of graphene can focus electrons similar to the way an optical lens bends light.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Swiss researchers present breakthrough in semiconductor structuring

(PhysOrg.com) -- ETH Zurich physicists, in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Switzerland and abroad, have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of monolithic semiconductor structures on silicon. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Writing graphene circuitry with ion 'pens'

The unique electrical properties of graphene have enticed researchers to envision a future of fast integrated circuits made with the one-carbon-atom-thick sheets, but many challenges remain on the path to commercialization. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Polycrystalline diamond drill bits open up options for geothermal energy

Nearly two-thirds of the oil we use comes from wells drilled using polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, originally developed nearly 30 years ago to lower the cost of geothermal drilling. Sandia and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Advancing scientific discovery

Every other Wednesday, University of Delaware graduate student Michael Salciccioli meets with faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers from UD along with colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inspired by steel, nanomanufacturing gets wear-resistant carbide tip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Physicists identify room temperature quantum bits in silicon carbide - widely used semiconductor

A discovery by physicists at UC Santa Barbara may earn silicon carbide -- a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry -- a role at the center of a new generation of information technologies designed to exploit ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Saving platinum: Monolayer of platinum on tungsten carbide catalyzes electrolytic production of hydrogen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future. Whether powered by wind or sun energy, electrolysis of water is the method of choice for producing hydrogen without emission of carbon ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast