A skin-like biomedical technology that uses a mesh of conducting nanowires and a thin layer of elastic polymer might bring new electronic bandages that monitor biosignals for medical applications and provide therapeutic stimulation ...
Nanophysics
Nov 17, 2016
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Establishing a sustained human presence somewhere other than Earth is a vital part of humanity's future, no matter what. We know that Earth won't last forever. We don't know exactly which one of the many threats that Earth ...
Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2016
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a new thin-film process technology that increases oxygen-producing efficiency by more than 100-fold. This is compared to using photocatalyst material, as is, with ...
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2016
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Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2016
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Coastal dwelling marine wildlife, including crabs, lobsters and shellfish, which play a crucial role in the food chain, are more vulnerable to harmful plastic pollution than previously expected, a new study has found.
Environment
Sep 29, 2016
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Cell phones and Apple watches could last a little longer due to a new method to create copper nanowires.
Nanophysics
Sep 23, 2016
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Microscopic drug molecules could soon be sent into the body to fight disease and their journey tracked using photo-acoustic imaging, after researchers developed a smart material that can locate and image cancer sites inside ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 21, 2016
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A Rice University laboratory has improved its method to turn plain asphalt into a porous material that can capture greenhouse gases from natural gas.
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Deltares, Boussinesqweg in The Netherlands has published a commentary in the journal Nature Climate Change describing changes to water surface area across the planet over the past 30 ...
A careful balance of the ingredients in carbon-capture materials would maximize the sequestration of greenhouse gases while simplifying the processing – or "sweetening" – of natural gas, according to researchers at Rice ...
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2016
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