Location: Cambridge, United States
Source: "The rational design of nitric oxide selectivity in
single-walled carbon nanotube near infrared fluorescence sensors for biological
detection"
Jong-Ho Kim et al
Nature Chemistry
Results: A...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
In the search for answers to the planet's biggest challenges, some MIT
researchers are turning to its tiniest organisms: bacteria.
The idea of exploiting microbial products is not new: Humans have long
enlisted bacteria and yeast to...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer
viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a
lithium-ion battery.
The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and...
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Location: DHAKA, Bangladesh
Quality precipitated calcium carbonate has much demand in
various chemical and allied industries as filler,
surface coating, whitening, adhesive etc. A study was carried
out by modifying classical lime-soda process ...
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Location: California, United States
In a blown-up image from a scanning tunneling microscope, it looks just like
an endless sheet of chicken wire: a simple flat sheet made up of a lattice of
hexagons. But this nanoscopic material called graphene, first generally
acknowledged...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge keeps a small piece of
fabric that at first glance resembles a Kleenex. This tissue-like material,
softer than silk, is composed of fibers that are a thousand times thinner than a
human...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Imagine a soldier's uniform made of a special fabric that allows him to look
in all directions and identify threats that are to his side or even behind him.
In work that could turn such science fiction into reality, MIT researchers have...
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Location: Seattle, United States
A single hour of sunlight contains enough energy to meet global energy consumption for an entire year. With demand for energy on the rise and environmental pollution an increasing concern, scientists are exploring new ways to harness the sun's...
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Location: California, United States
Sunlight is a major source of energy, from photovoltaics and solar-thermal
units to biofuels and water-splitting. But all these technologies require
intermediate steps and infrastructure to turn the sun's rays into something that
can be...
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Location: Austin, United States
A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and...
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Location: Michigan, United States
A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the lab themselves. Specifically, in the...
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Location: Michigan, United States
Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Clean burning: A new sparkless gas engine could significantly reduce fuel consumption. In a conventional engine (top), a mixture of fuel and air is ignited by a spark plug. In a diesel (middle), the fuel ignites when it's injected into hot,...
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Location: Institute for NanoScience and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States
University of
Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or
carbon-based—molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain
circumstances and, in...
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Location: University of Washington, United States
A new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in
cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. By using a popcorn-ball
design -- tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres -- researchers at
the...
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Location: American Chemical Society (ACS), United States
Nanotechnology is now available in a store near you. Valued
for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is
becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to
washing...
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Location: University of Texas, Austin, United States
Chemical engineers at The
University of Texas at Austin
have discovered a new way to control the motion of fluid particles through tiny
channels, potentially aiding the...
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Location: University of Michigan, United States
The method to the madness of quasicrystals has been a mystery
to scientists. Quasicrystals are solids whose atoms aren't arranged in a
repeating pattern, as they are in ordinary crystals. Yet they form intricate
patterns...
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Location: School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, United States
For centuries, engineers have bent and torn metals to test
their strength and ductility. Now, materials scientists at the
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering...
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Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
A new thin-film coating developed at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology can deliver controlled drug doses to specific
targets in the body following...
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