Materials Science News

Posted March 28, 2000:

• Manipulating Molecules: Cornell Group Creates Tiny Structures For Drug Delivery By Using Old Industrial Method In New Way

Posted March 27, 2000:

• Brookhaven Scientists Reveal How Catalysts Adsorb Pollutants
• Acoustic Sensor Technology Saves Manatees
• Virginia Tech Researchers Advancing Fuel Cell Materials
• Several New Single-Molecule Magnets Discovered

Posted March 25, 2000:

• Building The Right Barrier Stops Spread Of Deadly Pollutants

Posted March 24, 2000:

• Cancer Cells Detected In Seconds By "Smart Scalpel" Device
• Optical Tweezers: Single Photons Trap A Single Atom
• Femtosecond Pulses Produced From Synchrotron Light Source At Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source

Posted March 22, 2000:

• UCSD Physicists Develop New Class Of Composite Materials With "Reversed" Physical Properties Never Before Seen

Posted March 21, 2000:

• Researchers Develop "Artificial Eyelid" That Reacts Faster Than A Laser

Posted March 20, 2000:

• A New Way To Engineer Cells: The Staudinger Ligation

Posted March 16, 2000:

• Brookhaven Lab Collaboration Determines The Atomic Structure Of A Key Enzyme Called A "Biological Blowtorch"

Posted March 13, 2000:

• A First: Scientists Control The Properties Of Semiconductor Devices Using Organic Molecules

Posted March 10, 2000:

• New Semiconductor Alloy's "Crazy Physics" Makes It A Possible Photovoltaic Power Source For Satellites
• New Future For Electronics May Be Woven In Miniature From Silicon And Gold

Posted March 8, 2000:

• New Cryogenic Detectors Probe Recent Evidence For Dark Matter Particle

Posted March 7, 2000:

• Scientists Disprove Age-Old Notion Of Particle Packing; Proposed Alternative Could Yield New Approaches To Materials Science
• Diffusive Infiltration May Explain Strange Behavior In Magma

Posted March 6, 2000:

• Nanotubes Show Promise From TVs To Velcro

Posted March 3, 2000:

• National Academy Of Engineering Reveals Top Engineering Impacts Of The 20th Century: Electrification Cited As Most Important

Posted February 28, 2000:

• Moldable, "Tunable" Magnets Make Their Debut

Posted February 25, 2000:

• UMass Scientists Reports Nanotech Advance

Posted February 24, 2000:

• Gravity Research Smooths Car Rides, Creates Jobs

Posted February 23, 2000:

• ORNL Technology Detects Explosives With Mini-Explosions

Posted February 22, 2000:

• Scientists Develop New Material For Efficient Flat-Panel Displays

Posted February 18, 2000:

• UF Researcher's Work To Result In New, Lower Temperature Scale
• Physics Underlying High-Temperature Superconductivity
• MIT Researcher Proposes Ways To Control Chaotic Systems

Posted February 16, 2000:

• Optical Switching Could Cause Shakeup In Electronics Industry

Posted February 15, 2000:

• New Tool Gives Scientists Inside Look At Materials

Posted February 14, 2000:

• World's Largest Fast-Growth Crystal Grown At Lawrence Livermore Lab
• Rocket Science -- Fluorine Enhances Boron Combustion In Energetic Propellants
• New Way To Probe Interacting Molecules Reported
• Cool New Material May Double Computer Speeds
• Honey, They've Shrunk The Logo! -- The Science Of The Very Small Has Some Very Big Ramifications, Say UMass Researchers

Posted February 11, 2000:

• Synchrotron Radiation Reveals Secrets Of Antiferromagnetism

Posted February 9, 2000:

• Chemists Report Using Infrared Lasers To Probe Key Molecular Interactions

Posted February 8, 2000:

• Center For Biomaterials At Rutgers Begins Unique Industrial Collaboration
• Tiny Machines Do The Work Of Giants
• Simulations Reveal Morphological Transition In Simple Foams

Posted February 7, 2000:

• IBM Scientists Discover Nanotech Communication Method

Posted January 28, 2000:

• Weizmann Institute Scientists Capture First-Ever 3D Visualization Of Molecules Breaking Apart When Exposed To X-Rays
• Sandia Joins National Charge Into 21st Century Nanotechnology Revolution

Posted January 27, 2000:

• New Technique Measures Chemical Composition Of Tiny Details

Posted January 25, 2000:

• Researcher, Students Build Smart Road From The Ground Up

Posted January 24, 2000:

• Tough New Material Wins U.S.-Israel Award: Useful In Circuit Boards, Radar Installations, Even Human Implants
• University Of New Orleans Researcher Develops Nontoxic Corrosion Inhibitor

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