Items tagged with material

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Advanced Solar Panels Coming to Market Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 12:05:30 - Anuradha Menon A promising type of solar-power technology has moved a step closer to mass production. Nanosolar, based in San Jose, CA, has opened an automated... read more

Bringing Graphene to Market Thursday, August 6th, 2009 - 09:03:23 - Anuradha Menon A startup company in Jessup, MD, hopes later this year to bring to market one of the first products based on the nanomaterial graphene. Vorbeck... read more

NYU Physicists Make Room for Oddballs Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 - 12:59:43 - Anuradha Menon Here's a question. How many gumballs of different sizes can fit in one of those containers at the mall so as to reward a well-spent quarter? It's... read more

What is Known About Jewel Beetle Shimmer Friday, July 24th, 2009 - 12:34:04 - Anuradha Menon "Jewel beetles" are widely known for their glossy external skeletons that appear to change colors as the angle of view changes. Now they may be known... read more

Better Ionic Liquids for Biomass Fuel Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 14:20:20 - Anuradha Menon They’ve been dubbed “grassoline” - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste... read more

Pink Silicon Is the New Black Thursday, July 9th, 2009 - 10:22:46 - Anuradha Menon A material dubbed black silicon has shown great promise for making cheaper, more sensitive light detectors and imaging devices, while potentially... read more

Engineering For Extreme Environments Thursday, June 25th, 2009 - 16:11:08 - Anuradha Menon Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT... read more

New Memory Material Holds Data for 1Bn Years Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - 12:04:06 - Ehud Rattner Scientists are reporting an advance toward the development of a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than... read more

Switch the Electric Way with Multiferroics Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - 12:24:05 - Anuradha Menon Multiferroics are materials in which unique combinations of electric and magnetic properties can simultaneously coexist. They are potential... read more

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