How dogs can walk on ice without freezing their paws
Scientists in Japan have solved a long-standing veterinary mystery: how dogs can stand and walk for so long on snow and ice without apparent discomfort, and without freezing their paws.
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Increasing oil's performance with crumpled graphene balls
When an automobile's engine is improperly lubricated, it can be a major hit to the pocketbook and the environment.
Nanomaterials
Jan 25, 2016
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High-performance, low-cost ultracapacitors built with graphene and carbon nanotubes
By combining the powers of two single-atom-thick carbon structures, researchers at the George Washington University's Micro-propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory have created a new ultracapacitor that is both high performance ...
Nanophysics
Apr 22, 2014
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Study unlocks full potential of 'supermaterial' graphene
New research reveals why the "supermaterial" graphene has not transformed electronics as promised, and shows how to double its performance and finally harness its extraordinary potential.
Nanomaterials
Nov 29, 2018
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Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of dielectric capacitors
Oct. 21, 2015, was the day that Doc Brown and Marty McFly landed in the future in their DeLorean, with time travel made possible by a "flux capacitor."
Nanomaterials
Oct 23, 2015
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Chemists use high speed camera to fully explain high school explosion demonstration
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Czech Republic and Germany has found that the general explanation given to high school chemistry students regarding the reasons for an explosion when alkali metals are ...
Five times less platinum: Fuel cells could become economically more attractive thanks to novel aerogel catalyst
Fuel cells that convert hydrogen into power and only produce pure water as a by-product have the potential to lead individual mobility into an environmentally friendly future. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has been researching ...
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2013
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New, inexpensive production materials boost promise of hydrogen fuel
Generating electricity is not the only way to turn sunlight into energy we can use on demand. The sun can also drive reactions to create chemical fuels, such as hydrogen, that can in turn power cars, trucks and trains.
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2014
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Scientists invented method to take material out of theory and make it into real electrode
A little sodium goes a long way. At least that's the case in carbon-based energy technology. Specifically, embedding sodium in carbon materials can tremendously improve electrodes—which could streamline solar cell and supercapacitor ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 20, 2016
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'Nano-raspberries' could bear fruit in fuel cells
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a fast, simple process for making platinum 'nano-raspberries'—microscopic clusters of nanoscale particles of the precious metal. The berry-like ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 9, 2015
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