News tagged with aluminum
Researchers suggest new memory storage mineral
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researcher Derek Stewart says the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Spin polarization achieved in room temperature silicon
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group in The Netherlands has achieved a first: injection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon at room temperature. This has previously been observed only at extremely low temperatures, ...
Nov 27, 2009 |
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Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2008, scientists built a loudspeaker made of carbon nanotubes that produced sound and music based on the thermoacoustic effect. Now, a different team of scientists has built a loudspeaker ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Aggressive microdermabrasion induces wound-healing response in aging skin
Microdermabrasion using a coarse diamond-studded instrument appears to induce molecular changes in the skin of older adults that mimic the way skin is remodeled during the wound healing process, according to a report in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2009 |
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New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Catalytic Catamarans: Common industrial catalyst sports rafts made of platinum
Catalysts convert useless or unwanted chemicals into useful or more desirable ones. Research in this week's Science reveals new, important details about a common catalyst: how rafts of chemically reactive platin ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new "adjuvant" that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many diseases more ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Scientists Make Temperature-Regulating Coffee Mug
(PhysOrg.com) -- A well-insulated mug may keep your coffee somewhat warm, but now scientists have designed a high-tech mug that can keep drinks hot or cold at the perfect temperature for up to half an hour. ...
Aug 25, 2009 |
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NASA, AFOSR Test Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Making crowns stick to teeth more effectively
Dentists want those expensive crowns to stick to the teeth. But it doesn’t always happen because of contamination during the crown’s bonding.
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Researchers demonstrate reversible generation of a high capacity hydrogen storage material
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. This achievement is not only expected ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Aluminum-oxide nanopore beats other materials for DNA analysis
Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2009 |
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'Cold' Mars Could Have Harbored Liquid Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study provides further evidence that Martian minerals dissolved in water could have kept that water from freezing, even on a cold, early Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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