News tagged with material flow

Putting the Pressure on Iron-Based Superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Traditionally, magnetism and superconductivity don't mix. For more than 20 years, the only known superconductors that worked at so-called "high" temperatures (above 30 K, or about -406 degrees ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Controlling heat flow with atomic-level precision

Through a combination of atomic-scale materials design and ultrafast measurements, researchers at the University of Illinois have revealed new insights about how heat flows across an interface between two ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Jumping droplets take a lot of heat

Microscopic water droplets jumping from one surface to another may hold the key to a wide array of more energy efficient products, ranging from large solar panels to compact laptop computers.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application

Each fall at technical universities across the world, a new crop of aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate students settle in for the work that will consume them for the next several years. For many, their first ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gene transfer from transgenic crops: A more realistic picture

A new data-driven statistical model that incorporates the surrounding landscape in unprecedented detail describes the transfer of an inserted bacterial gene via pollen and seed dispersal in cotton plants more ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using light to build nanoparticles into superstructures

Scientists in the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Argonne's Biosciences Division have demonstrated a remarkably simple, elegant, and cost-effective way of assembling nanoparticles into larger structures ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nitric oxide-releasing wrap for donor organs and cloth for therapeutic socks

Scientists in Texas are reporting development of a first-of-its-kind cloth that releases nitric oxide gas — an advance toward making therapeutic socks for people with diabetes and a wrap to help preserve organs ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientist receives grant to develop hydrogen-powered, solar-inspired nano-battery

There's a big buzz today over future nanostructure devices performing specialized jobs in everything from electronics to medicine. But what's still needed are unconventional ways to power these tiny machines.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Turning slash piles into soil benefit

Your next bite of an organically grown apple may hold within it a tiny bit of a Washington forest.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1