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What Would Be the Effects of Nanomaterial Use in Agriculture?
November 2, 2012 — The use of nanomaterials in agriculture could, on the one hand, reduce cost and effort, increase efficiency and lead to more environmentally sound applications. On the other hand, it might also have ... > full story -
Researchers Find Three Unique Cell-to-Cell Bonds
November 1, 2012 — The human body has more than a trillion cells, most of them connected, cell to neighboring cells. How, exactly, do those bonds work? What happens when a pulling force is applied to those bonds? How ... > full story -
Plants Recognize Pathogenic and Beneficial Microorganisms
November 1, 2012 — Researchers have discovered revealed new fundamental features of biomolecular interactions that enable plants to identify and respond appropriately to ... > full story -
New Silicon-Based Batteries Outperform Current Batteries: 'Crushed' Porous Silicon Anodes Show Dramatic Increase in Charge-Discharge Cycles
November 1, 2012 — Rice researchers crush their custom silicon sponges to make battery anodes that outperform those in current batteries and should easily scale up for ... > full story -
Nanosilver from Clothing Can Pose Major Environmental Problems
November 1, 2012 — Silver nanoparticles can have a severe environmental impact if their utilisation in clothing continues to increase. If everyone buys one silver nanoparticle-treated sock a year, the silver ... > full story -
New Self-Assembling Particles Offer Great Promise for Optical Materials and Ceramics
October 31, 2012 — Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles ... > full story -
Scientists Build the First All-Carbon Solar Cell
October 31, 2012 — Scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices ... > full story -
Physicists Study Fast-Moving Electrons in Graphene as a Model Laboratory for Massless Particles
October 31, 2012 — A team of physicists from Europe and South Africa has shown that electrons moving randomly in graphene can mimic the dynamics of particles such as cosmic rays, despite travelling at a fraction of ... > full story -
'Ordered' Catalyst Boosts Fuel Cell Output at Lower Cost
October 30, 2012 — Fuel cells, which convert fuel directly into electricity without burning it, promise a less polluted future where cars run on pure hydrogen and exhaust nothing but water vapor. But the catalysts that ... > full story -
Materials Scientists Make Additive-Free Battery Electrodes With Nanoparticles
October 30, 2012 — Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes, which could greatly improve battery ... > full story
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