published January 27, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Daniel Loewe. Project: Svala Imagine your dress becomes your means of transportation! This was the briefing the students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Barcelona received from BMW . The result are 5 concepts for future mobility in cities like Barcelona , that result from morphing fashion with transport design. Great to see that all ...
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published January 23, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/young-in-panama/119624720/"> Young in Panama The ACS' science journal Langmuir has published a paper describing a breakthrough in sonochemical coating of paper by microbiocidal silver nanoparticles . We picked up on the dramatic moniker "killer paper" over at
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Killer Paper Introduces Another Application for Silver Nanoparticles
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published March 7, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: Angewandte Chemie, Wiley Sunlight + Water = Hydrogen Gas Scientists at the University of East Anglia, led by Dr. Thomas Nann, report a breakthrough in the production of hydrogen from water using the energy of sunlight. Amidst all the hype about a potential hydrogen economy, which would rely upon the highly energetic and clean burning hydrogen atom, one ...
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published February 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: Universal Studios Scientists Invent Self-Healing Hydrogel Strong Enough to Replace Plastics Hydrogels are not new. Contact lenses and replacement skin are just two examples of uses of these high-water content gels. But hydrogels currently suffer from problems like being too brittle or quite soft. This week in Nature , scientists announce the invention of a new type of ...
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published January 20, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: Y. Shirai/Rice University Researchers are calling the newest nanotoy in the Rice University collection a " nanodragster ." The name fits the modification, with the front wheels smaller and on a narrower axle than the rear wheels. The nanodragster does, in fact, help the nanocar speed along faster than any before. Ever since Rice University researchers introduced a ...
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published December 13, 2009 and has No Comments
Image: Flickr, Argonne National Laboratory Could Nanoparticles Cause "Dramatic Mutations?" Nanoparticles, hailed as the solution for everything from the next generation of micro-electronic gadgets to curing cancer , are poorly understood. When scientists first mastered the technology for creating and manipulating microscopic balls and tubes, toxicologists speculated that the tiny particles would have properties similar to the same chemicals ...
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published November 23, 2009 and has No Comments
Image courtesy of Gizmag Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world's first 3-D photovoltaic solar system that actually works underground. Using optical fibers common to the telecommunications industry, ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Cheap 3D Solar Cells Are 6x More Efficient, Work Underground
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published November 20, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo: Getty Images It's a fact of life that nanoparticles are everywhere: from sunscreen to underwear to performance wear - they are an invisible part of everyday life. Nanotechnology has made some promising inroads , but could these undetectable bits of material be harmful to our health? Recent studies however have raised serious concerns about the health impacts of ...
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published November 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo: Peking University and Tsinghua University Is There Anything We CAN'T Do With Carbon Nanotubes? Cleaning up toxic spills has always been a problem. It's hard, and it's expensive, and you have to be thorough. But things might have just got easier: Scientists from the Peking University and Tsinghua University h... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published October 8, 2009 and has No Comments
If, in the United States, you happen to decided you'd like to earn your PhD in chemistry, you may notice that at no point are you required to take a course in toxicology. This is partly the reason we're now being assaulted by a growing mob of dangerous substances as they float through our oceans and bloodstreams. So says ...
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