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Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
May 16, 2013 — When it comes to cleaning up the next massive crude oil spill, one of the best and most eco-friendly solutions for the job may be low-grade cotton from West ... > full story -
Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'
May 16, 2013 — Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way ... > full story -
New Insights Into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic ... > full story -
Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color out of Thin Films
May 16, 2013 — Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" ... > full story -
Reading the Unreadable: 'Unopenable' Scrolls Will Yield Their Secrets to New X-Ray System
May 16, 2013 — Pioneering X-ray technology is making it possible to read fragile rolled-up historical documents for the first time in centuries. Old parchment is often extremely dry and liable to crack and crumble ... > full story -
3-D Modeling Technology Offers Groundbreaking Solution for Engineers
May 16, 2013 — New software has the potential to enable engineers to make 'real world' safety assessments of structures and foundations with unprecedented ... > full story -
Carbon in a Twirl: The Science Behind a Self-Assembled Nano-Carbon Helix
May 16, 2013 — Nanotechnology draws on the fabrication of nanostructures. Scientists have now succeeded in growing a unique carbon structure at the nanoscale that resembles a tiny twirled mustache. Their method ... > full story -
New Record in Wireless Data Transmission
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have achieved the wireless transmission of 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer. Researchers say that their most recent demonstration sets a new world record and ties in ... > full story -
X-Ray Tomography of Living Frog Embryo
May 16, 2013 — Classical X-ray radiographs provide information about internal, absorptive structures of organisms such as bones. Alternatively, X-rays can also image soft tissues throughout early embryonic ... > full story -
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Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes
May 15, 2013 — Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy ... > full story
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