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Unraveling the Matrix

A new way of analyzing grids of numbers known as matrices could improve signal-processing applications and data-compression schemes.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry

The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle material suitable for a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Graphene walls could make powerful electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- To stand a ribbon of graphene upright, it needs diamond on the soles of its shoes.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Going with the flow: Researchers find compaction bands in sandstone are permeable

When geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface. Take, for instance, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists control light scattering in graphene

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley have learned to control the quantum pathways determining how light scatters in graphene. Controlled ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

International first: Gas-phase carbonic acid isolated

A team of chemists headed by Thomas Loerting from the University of Innsbruck and Hinrich Grothe from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in Austria have prepared and isolated gas-phase carbonic ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Proteins to yield new clues in fight against osteoporosis

A $1.76 million study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks to identify new methods of diagnosing osteoporosis and inform the development of next-generation drugs to treat the bone disease.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists use nature's design principles to create specialized nanofabrics

In Nature, cells and tissues assemble and organize themselves within a matrix of protein fibers that ultimately determines their structure and function, such as the elasticity of skin and the contractility ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Graphane yields new potential: Physicists dig theoretical wells to mine quantum dots

Graphane is the material of choice for physicists on the cutting edge of materials science, and Rice University researchers are right there with the pack - and perhaps a little ahead.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Naval research laboratory takes a close look at unique diamonds

The song says that "diamonds are a girl's best friend," but scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are finding that diamonds are a researcher's best friend too.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers make graphene hybrid

Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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