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Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible
December 6, 2012 — For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the ... > full story -
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Keeping Ship Hulls Free of Marine Organisms
December 6, 2012 — Special underwater coatings prevent shells and other organisms from growing on the hull of ships -- but biocide paints are ecologically harmful. Together with the industry, researchers have developed ... > full story -
New '4-D' Transistor Is Preview of Future Computers
December 5, 2012 — A new type of transistor shaped like a Christmas tree has arrived just in time for the holidays, but the prototype won't be nestled under the tree along with the other ... > full story -
First Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Inside Human Hair for Dyeing and Much More
December 5, 2012 — In a discovery with applications ranging from hair dyeing to electronic sensors to development of materials with improved properties, scientists are reporting the first synthesis of gold ... > full story -
DNA Hydrogel Flows Like Liquid but Remembers Its Original Shape
December 5, 2012 — A new material is so soft it can flow like a liquid and then, strangely, return to its original shape. It is a hydrogel, a mesh of organic molecules with many small empty spaces that can absorb water ... > full story -
Next Scientific Fashion Could Be Designer Nanocrystals
December 5, 2012 — Three chemistry professors hope that their separate research trajectories will converge to create a new way of assembling what they call “designer atoms” into materials with a broad array ... > full story -
Superconductors That Work by Themselves: Scientists Discover New Possibilities in Cryoelectronics
December 5, 2012 — Scientists have experimentally demonstrated a new type of superconducting element -- named the phi-Josephson junction. Implemented in cryogenic devices, this element will make superconducting ... > full story -
Doctoral Student Unravels 'Tin Whisker' Mystery
December 4, 2012 — A doctoral student has discovered how and why tin whiskers grow. These hair-like fibers of metal grow out of the tin used as solder and coating on many electronic circuits. The presence of these ... > full story -
New Optical Tweezers Trap Specimens Just a Few Nanometers Across
December 4, 2012 — A microscale technique known as optical trapping uses beams of light as tweezers to hold and manipulate tiny particles. Researchers have found a new way to trap particles smaller than 10 nanometers ... > full story -
Boosting Heat Transfer With Nanoglue: New Method for Significantly Increasing Heat Transfer Rate Across Two Different Materials
December 4, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results could enable new advances in cooling computer chips and ... > full story
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