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Mix of graphene nanoribbons and polymer has potential for cars, soda, beer

A discovery at Rice University aims to make vehicles that run on compressed natural gas more practical. It might also prolong the shelf life of bottled beer and soda.

Oct 10th, 2013

Bending world's thinnest glass shows atoms' dance

Researchers have used an electron microscope to bend, deform and melt the one-molecule-thick glass. These are all things that happen just before glass shatters, and for the first time, the researchers have directly imaged such deformations and the resulting 'dance' of rearranging atoms in silica glass.

Oct 10th, 2013

New nanomembrane micro water sensor can aid growers

Cornell researchers have developed a microfluidic water sensor within a fingertip-sized silicon chip that is a hundred times more sensitive than current devices.

Oct 10th, 2013

'Ship in a bottle' detects dangerous vapors

Rice University scientists took a lesson from craftsmen of old to assemble microscopic compounds that warn of the presence of dangerous fumes from solvents.

Oct 10th, 2013

New model gives better control of self-assembly processes

Researchers have developed a new model that allows better control of self-assembly, the process through which molecules aggregate by themselves into larger clusters. This model could be used in the production of plastic solar cells, and is an interesting step in the long?term process of developing a synthetic cell.

Oct 10th, 2013

Nanoscopic observations of the performance of healthy and osteoporotic bones

The structural-mechanical property relationship at the atomic scale suggests that cortical bone performance is correlated to the feature, arrangement, movement, distortion, and fracture of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals.

Oct 10th, 2013

Researchers 'write' artificial cell membranes onto graphene surface using Lipid Dip-Pen Nanolithography

Graphene emerges as a versatile new surface to assemble model cell membranes mimicking those in the human body, with potential for applications in sensors for understanding biological processes, disease detection and drug screening.

Oct 10th, 2013

Theorists calculate atom-thick carbyne chains may be strongest material ever

Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk.

Oct 9th, 2013

Nanomembrane lasers could be used in variety of communications, computer devices

New system could be used in variety of communications, computer devices.

Oct 9th, 2013

Crystal mysteries spiral deeper, chemists find

New York University chemists have discovered crystal growth complexities, which at first glance appeared to confound 50 years of theory and deepened the mystery of how organic crystals form. But, appearances can be deceiving.

Oct 9th, 2013

CMU's Center for Silicon System Implementation receives $2.6 million NSF grant to develop next-generation chips

Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Silicon System Implementation (CSSI) has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop next-generation ultra-efficient silicon chips that could trigger a revolution in how chips are designed and operated.

Oct 9th, 2013

European project to experimentally realize Maxwell's Demon in nanoscale systems

The primary goal of the European project INFERNOS (Information, fluctuations, and energy control in small systems) is to realize experimentally Maxwell's Demon; in other words, to develop the electronic and biomolecular nanodevices that support this principle.