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Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Make Solar Cells Affordable, Flexible
September 27, 2011 — Researchers have found that metallic carbon nanotubes are 50 times more effective than semiconducting ones when used as transparent conductors in organic solar ... > full story -
How Graphene's Electrical Properties Can Be Tuned
September 26, 2011 — Graphene is ideally suited for creating components for semiconductor circuits and computers. Now, an accidental discovery in a physicist's laboratory, provides a unique route for tuning the ... > full story -
Copper Film Could Lower Touch Screen, LED and Solar Cell Costs
September 26, 2011 — Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. These new nanostructures have the potential to drive down the costs of displaying information on cell phones, e-readers and iPads, and they ... > full story -
E-Textiles Get Fashion Upgrade With Memory-Storing Fiber
September 26, 2011 — In the future when you upgrade your computer, you may also be upgrading your wardrobe as researchers create novel new textiles that pull double-duty as fabrics and ... > full story -
Shape Memory Materials Ready for Mass Production
September 23, 2011 — Materials that can remember their shape and switch from one form to another may sound like science fiction, they are actually real and already in use all around us. But the alloy used to produce ... > full story -
Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Are on the Way
September 23, 2011 — Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smart phones to electric cars, but especially when it comes to lowering the cost and extending the range of all-electric vehicles, they need to store a lot ... > full story -
Controlling Silicon Evaporation Allows Scientists to Boost Graphene Quality
September 22, 2011 — Scientists have for the first time provided details of their "confinement controlled sublimation" technique for growing high-quality layers of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide ... > full story -
Radiation Boost for Artificial Joints
September 22, 2011 — A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to ... > full story -
Super-Sized Heart Valve Provides Clues to Blood Flow
September 21, 2011 — Researchers in Ireland have developed a super-sized model of a heart valve which may lead to a new generation of cardiovascular devices. Every year, mechanical valves are inserted into approximately ... > full story -
Proton-Based Transistor Could Let Machines Communicate With Living Things
September 20, 2011 — Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons. Materials ... > full story
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