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• Solar Energy
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  Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem

  May 16, 2013 — Researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial ... > full story
• Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Nature of Water
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Beautiful 'Flowers' Self-Assemble in a Beaker

  May 16, 2013 — With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a laboratory -- and not at the scale of inches, but microns. These minuscule ... > full story
• Nanotechnology
  Materials Science
  Organic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Biochemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  DNA-Guided Assembly Yields Novel Ribbon-Like Nanostructures

  May 16, 2013 — DNA "linker" strands coax nano-sized rods to line up in way unlike any other spontaneous arrangement of rod-shaped objects. The arrangement -- with the rods forming "rungs" on ladder-like ribbons -- ... > full story
• Oil Spills
  Petroleum
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Hazardous Waste
  Mining
   
  

  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
• Thermodynamics
  Technology
  Electronics
  Materials Science
  Civil Engineering
  Spintronics Research
   

  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
• Nanotechnology
  Physics
  Materials Science
  Quantum Physics
  Graphene
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  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
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Nutrition Research
  Brain Tumor
  Hypertension
   
  

  Vicious Cycle: Obesity Sustained by Changes in Brain Biochemistry

  May 16, 2013 — Scientists have shown that in the brain cells of rats, obesity impedes the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning. The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the ... > full story
• Stars
  Black Holes
  Space Telescopes
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Astrophysics
   
  

  South Africa's New Radio Telescope Reveals Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System

  May 16, 2013 — An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South ... > full story
• Atmosphere
  Spintronics
  Medical Technology
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Physics
  Electronics
   
  

  Physicists Let Magnetic Dipoles Interact on the Nanoscale for the First Time

  May 15, 2013 — Physicists have found out how tiny islands of magnetic material align themselves when sorted on a regular lattice -- by measurements at BESSY II. Contrary to expectations, the north and south poles ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Water
  Nature of Water
  Atmosphere
  Civil Engineering
  Pollution
   
  

  Nanoscavengers Could Usher in Next Generation Water Purification

  May 15, 2013 — A new synthetic nanoparticle could disinfect, depollute, and desalinate contaminated water and then get removed magnetically. This improves upon existing technologies through ultraresponsiveness to ... > full story

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