News tagged with hollow spheres

Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the “stickiness of life.” The big idea i ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Nanoshell whispering galleries improve thin solar panels

Visitors to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building may have experienced a curious acoustic feature that allows a person to whisper softly at one side of the cavernous, half-domed room and for another on ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Hollow spheres made of metal

Producing metallic hollow spheres is complicated: It has not yet been possible to make the small sizes required for new high-tech applications. Now for the first time researchers have manufactured ground hollow ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5