News tagged with amorphous silica
Materials scientists find better model for glass creation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Nanoparticle toxicity doesn't get wacky at the smallest sizes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The smallest nano-sized silica particles used in biomedicine and engineering likely won't cause unexpected biological responses due to their size, according to work presented today. The result should allay ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Feathers show their true colors
(Phys.org) -- For millennia birds have been prized, even hunted, for their beautiful plumage but what makes their feathers so colorful?
May 11, 2012 |
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X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass
Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Tiny ring laser accurately detects and counts nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- A microlaser no bigger than a pinprick can accurately detect and count individual viruses, the particles that jumpstart cloud formation or those that contaminate the air we breathe.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Impregnating plastics with carbon dioxide
Everyone has heard that carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming. But the gas also has some positive characteristics. Researchers are now impregnating plastics with compressed CO2 in a process that could ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Molecular interactions hold key to how nanoparticles behave in cells
Nanoparticles show promise in solving a host of problems, from pinpointing medical diagnoses to developing alternative forms of energy and creating more durable materials. But scientists have yet to determine ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Magical BEANs: New nano-sized particles could provide mega-sized data storage
The ability of phase-change materials to readily and swiftly transition between different phases has made them valuable as a low-power source of non-volatile or “flash” memory and data storage. Now an entire ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Smaller and sharper: Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks (NMOFs) as MRI Contrast Agents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Developing more sensitive methods of biomedical imaging that are effective with minimal amounts of contrast agents is an important challenge in the early and accurate diagnosis of illnesses.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Developing blanket protection from wildfires
Case Western Reserve University and NASA researchers are looking for the right material, the right design, the right thickness and the right weight for a new fire-resistant blanket. To protect houses.
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Cement's basic molecular structure finally decoded
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava Flying (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young star.
Aug 10, 2009 |
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