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Damaging graphene to create a band gap

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Graphene offers a lot of interesting potential applications for nanoelectronics," Florian Banhart tells PhysOrg.com, "but there is no band gap. This is a well-known problem. Without the band gap, switch ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Microscopy reveals 'atomic antenna' behavior in graphene

Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices, according to a study led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Defect in graphene may present bouquet of possibilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- A class of decorative, flower-like defects in the nanomaterial graphene could have potentially important effects on the material's already unique electrical and mechanical properties, according ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Family of flower-like defects may help graphene structures respond to stress without ripping

Beyond its ability to conduct electrons almost without resistance, the nanomaterial graphene also has amazing mechanical properties, including high strength that could one day make it useful in lightweight, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cause of skin cancer that heals itself found

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has identified the key gene causing a rare type of skin cancer that grows rapidly for a few weeks or months but then heals itself.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Looking inside the Earth

(Phys.org) -- Defects found in rocks below the Earth’s surface have a major impact on the transmission of seismic waves, such as those caused by earthquakes, researchers at The Australian National University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find strange new nanoregion can form in quasicrystals

A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create potent molecules aimed at treating muscular dystrophy

While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time designed ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ORNL microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link

Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors—quantum nanowires. Microscopic analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Processes at the surface of catalysts: Oxygen defects act as active centers

In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial importance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or for the chemical storage of solar energy. Scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

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

Scientists find gene linked to congenital heart defect

(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene that can cause congenital heart defects has been identified by a team of scientists, including a group from Princeton University. The discovery could lead to new treatments for those ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disease clusters showing up all over the United States

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think of the term 'disease clusters', the cancer cluster in Hinkley, California made famous by the movie Erin Brockovich usually comes to mind. However, the Natural Resour ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Imperfections may improve graphene sensors

Although they found that graphene makes very good chemical sensors, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered an unexpected "twist"—that the sensors are better when the graphene is ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome editing, a next step in genetic therapy, corrects hemophilia in animals

Using an innovative gene therapy technique called genome editing that hones in on the precise location of mutated DNA, scientists have treated the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in mice. This is the first time that genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

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