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Tracking down rust

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damage to concrete bridges caused by rust can have fatal consequences, at worst leading to a total collapse. Now, researchers have developed an early-warning system for rust. Sensor-transponders ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Play on: Google posts synthesizer tribute to Moog

(AP) -- Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage ...

Technology / Other

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup

(Phys.org) -- A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacterial builders on site for computer construction

(Phys.org) -- Forget computer viruses - magnet-making bacteria could be used to build tomorrow’s computers with larger hard drives and speedier connections.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Magnetic nanochain detonates chemo barrage inside tumors

Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use nanoparticles, magnetic current to damage cancerous cells in mice

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

An optical diode made with silicon technology can be used for quantum information

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes. All of these are examples of common electrical circuit elements that can be found on a computer motherboard, for instance. Billions of transistors ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Facebook's financial details raise red flags for some

Facebook Inc. has opened its books to eager investors, but some don't like what they see.

Technology / Business

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Graphene reveals its magnetic personality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can organic matter behave like a fridge magnet? Scientists from The University of Manchester have now shown that it can.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Big success with tiny crystals

A little piece of iron wire is magnetic – just like a huge iron rod.  When it comes to material properties, size usually does not matter. Surprisingly, researchers from Austria and India have now ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New magnetic-field-sensitive alloy could find use in novel micromechanical devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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