News tagged with commercial property

Topological transitions in metamaterials

The ability to control the flow of electrons using engineered materials is fundamental to the information technology revolution, yet many properties of matter are still unclear. Now a University of Alberta researcher is closer ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

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

A biologically inspired tape uses some of nature's tricks to stick

Insects can run up walls, hang from ceilings, and perform other amazing feats that have for centuries fascinated human observers. Now scientists from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel, in Germany, who have ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Carbon sequestration policy must balance private property, public good

The lack of a settled legal framework that balances private property rights while maximizing the public good ultimately hinders the large-scale commercial deployment of geologic carbon sequestration, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 54

MIT commercial property price index posts record drop

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transaction prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors fell by 18 percent in the second quarter of 2009, according to an index developed and published by the MIT Center ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films Likely Successor to ITO for Commercial Applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Will the legacy of Nobel prize winner Richard Smalley finally be fulfilled? Ever since his pioneering work in the mid 1990's on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, companies have been struggling ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 12 weblog