News tagged with barrier coating

New barrier coating offers savings for aluminium smelters

(PhysOrg.com) -- A barrier coating developed through CSIRO’s Light Metals Flagship offers aluminium smelters significant annual savings in reduced consumption of petroleum coke alone.

Technology / Engineering

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HyperSolar shows dirty water no barrier to power world

(Phys.org) -- The Santa Barbara, California, company, HyperSolar, is set to transparently share the ups and downs of its research experiences toward the company’s ultimate vision, successfully producing ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 17 | with audio podcast report

Researchers uncover how plant skin is assembled

(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled.

Biology / Biotechnology

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Dopant gives graphene solar cells highest efficiency yet

(Phys.org) -- By taking advantage of graphene’s favorable electrical and optical properties, and then adding an organic dopant, researchers have achieved the highest power conversion efficiency yet for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

Research reveals novel transport mechanism for large ribonucleoproteins

The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Steelhead trout lose out when water is low in wine country

(Phys.org) -- The competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, suggests a new study by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley.

Biology / Ecology

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Engineers develop novel system for producing conductive films

(Phys.org) -- Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Materials science: Perfecting the defect

Strong metals have a tendency to be less ductile — unless the metal happens to be a peculiar form of copper known as nanotwinned copper. The crystal structure of nanotwinned copper exhibits many closely-spaced ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Pig stomach mucins are effective as anti-viral agents for consumer products

Mucus often elicits strong revulsion, but to MIT biological engineer Katharina Ribbeck, it is a fascinating material. 

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Novel plasmonic material may merge photonic and electronic technologies

Helping bridge the gap between photonics and electronics, researchers from Purdue University have coaxed a thin film of titanium nitride into transporting plasmons, tiny electron excitations coupled to light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Whole genome analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis highlights risks with current method of tracking

In a study released today in Nature Genetics, researchers have found that Chlamydia has evolved more actively than was previously thought. Using whole genome sequencing the researchers show that the exchange of DNA betwee ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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