News tagged with uv irradiation

The search for unusual alien life on Earth and life that can survive on Mars

Questions such as "How to search for weird alien life?" and "Would Earth microbes survive if delivered to the surface of Mars?" are addressed in articles that are part of the collection of reports presented ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Self-destructing messages: Light-reactive coatings make metal nanoparticles into inks for self-erasing paper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who like to watch spy movies like “Mission Impossible” are familiar with the self-destructing messages that inform the secret agents of the details of their mission and then dissolve in a puff of smoke. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Light makes write for DNA information-storage device

Researchers have demonstrated a write-once-read-many-times information-storage device, made of DNA embedded with silver nanoparticles, that uses ultraviolet light to encode data.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast