News tagged with silver
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Silver tells a volatile story of Earth's origin: Water was present during its birth
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years ago. The new ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 13, 2010 |
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Researchers create rollerball-pen ink to draw circuits
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two professors from the University of Illinois; one specializing in materials science, the other in electrical engineering, have combined their talents to take the idea of printing circuits ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Sunlight shines on clean energy future: Simple inorganic semiconductor - silver orthophosphate - used to oxidize water
(PhysOrg.com) -- The production of clean energy and the treatment of waste water are set to become easier thanks to Australian National University researchers.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies
The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to an international study coordinated by ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics
University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Silver Crucial For WWII Bomb
In the middle of World War II, Secretary of War Henry Stimson asked Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau if he could borrow some of the government's silver on repository in West Point, N.Y. With metal in high ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Gold and silver nanowires bond naturally, stay strong
(PhysOrg.com) -- Welding uses heat to join pieces of metal in everything from circuits to skyscrapers. But Rice University researchers have found a way to beat the heat on the nanoscale.
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Common nanoparticles found to be highly toxic to Arctic ecosystem
Queen's researchers have discovered that nanoparticles, which are now present in everything from socks to salad dressing and suntan lotion, may have irreparably damaging effects on soil systems and the environment.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Rare form of silver observed during routine calibration
What started out as an ordinary instrument calibration task using silver turned into research gold for scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Contradicting nearly 40 years of measurement history, ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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New silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns
Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. With names like silver ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2009 |
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China to step up efforts to control Mother Nature
China plans to step up a weather-manipulation programme that has stirred debate about tinkering with Mother Nature, state media said on Friday.
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Silver nanoparticles show 'immense potential' in prevention of blood clots
Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 27, 2009 |
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Synthetic synapse mimics dynamic memory in human brain
Researchers from UCLA and Japan have designed a synthetic synapse for use in computing equipment that mimics the function of synapses in the human brain. The silver sulfide, nanoscale synapse, or "atomic switch," demonstrates ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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