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Space-Age Ceramics Get Their Toughest Test
December 10, 2012 — Space-age ceramics at their best promise advanced jet and gas turbine engines that burn with greater fuel efficiencies and less pollution. Scientists have developed the first mechanical test rig for ... > full story -
New Biomaterial Gets 'Sticky' With Stem Cells
December 10, 2012 — Just like the bones that hold up your body, your cells have their own scaffolding that holds them up. This scaffolding, known as the extracellular matrix, or ECM, not only props up cells but also ... > full story -
Onion Soaks Up Heavy Metal: Bioremediation With Waste Food
December 10, 2012 — Onion and garlic waste from the food industry could be used to mop up hazardous heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, mercury and tin in contaminated materials, according to a new ... > full story -
Composites for Large-Scale Manufacturing
December 10, 2012 — Continuous fiber-reinforced composites with thermoplastic matrix resins are very well suited for use in automotive manufacturing. However, to manufacture them is complicated. A new approach now makes ... > full story -
Substrate Patterning Creates P-N Junctions in Graphene
December 10, 2012 — Researchers are creating graphene p-n junctions by transferring films of the electronic material to substrates that have been patterned by compounds that are either strong electron donors or electron ... > full story -
Photonics: Graphene's Flexible Future
December 10, 2012 — Theoretical calculations show graphene’s potential for controlling nanoscale light propagation on a ... > full story -
New Chemical Reaction Could Explain How Stars Form, Evolve, and Eventually Die
December 7, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a molecular-level interaction that science had puzzled over for decades but had never seen. That discovery, it turns out, may redefine how science views chemical compound ... > full story -
Greenland Ice Sheet Carries Evidence of Increased Atmospheric Acidity
December 7, 2012 — Studies have shown decreasing levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 in core samples from Greenland ice starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution. New research suggests the decline corresponds ... > full story -
Tiny Structure Gives Big Boost to Solar Power
December 6, 2012 — Researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of ... > full story -
Silver Nanocubes Make Super Light Absorbers, Hold Great Potential for Solar Cells
December 6, 2012 — Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensors or solar cells, ... > full story
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