News tagged with wall structures
An electronic bucket brigade could boost solar cell voltages
If solar cells could generate higher voltages when sunlight falls on them, they'd produce more electrical power more efficiently. For over half a century scientists have known that ferroelectrics, materials ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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New Path To Solar Energy Via Solid-State Photovoltaics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films. This new path to energy production brightens the future for ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Scientists discover rigid structure in centre of turbulence
Pioneering mathematical engineers have discovered for the first time a rigid structure which exists within the centre of turbulence, leading to hope that its chaotic movement could be controlled in the future.
May 05, 2009 |
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Imaging with neutrons: Magnetic domains shown for the first time in 3-D
Although they exist in almost every magnetic material, you cannot see them: magnetic domains are microscopically small regions of uniform magnetization. Dr. Ingo Manke and his group at the Institute of Applied ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Scientists crack code of critical bacterial defense mechanism
Scientists have combined chemistry and biology research techniques to explain how certain bacteria grow structures on their surfaces that allow them to simultaneously cause illness and protect themselves from the body's defenses.
Apr 25, 2010 |
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A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo
A new type of eco-friendly residential house made of bamboo now stands in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Imaging complex domain wall structures in magnetic nanostripes
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used the scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) technique to provide ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Enzymes for cell wall synthesis conserved across species barriers
Plants have neither supportive bone tissue nor muscles, and yet they can form rigid structures like stalks and even tree trunks. This is due to the fact that plant cells are enveloped by a stable cell wall. The main component ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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ORNL neutrons, simulations reveal details of bioenergy barrier
A first of its kind combination of experiment and simulation at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing a close-up look at the molecule that complicates next-generation biofuels.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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