New cheap nanomaterial to convert heat into electricity
Waste heat is a byproduct of nearly all electrical devices and industrial processes, from driving a car to flying an aircraft or operating a...
The concept of an optical invisibility cloak to sound waves
Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, become reality: Light waves can be guided...
Nanofibers Used as Microsensors to Prevent Chemical Hazards
Emergency workers could be warned by a new kind of microsensor when carbon filter become dangerously saturated. In fact, on the ends of optical...
Quantum engineers to develop devices of the future
An international team has removed a major obstacle to engineer quantum systems that will play a key role in the computers, communication networks, and...
Victims of Japan’s Earthquake Received LED Solar Powered Lanterns from Panasonic
Panasonic is hoping to lighten things up a little, quite literally, with a donation of 4,000 LED solar powered lanterns for those survivors in...
Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene
New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications...
New Type of Biochemical Hydrogel Sensor to Detect pH
Scientists have used gelatinous hydrogel to create an inexpensive new type of biochemical hydrogel sensor that is highly sensitive, sturdy, long-lasting, and has few...
New York Taxi’s Still Yellow But Greener with Nissan NV200
On treehugger appeared an article that quoted- still yellow, but greener - about the New York City taxis.
Why did they say this? Because New York...
Watching extreme lasers at work
Under extremely intense illumination materials may exhibit so-called nonlinear optical properties such as ceasing to absorb light beyond a certain brightness, or becoming highly...
Nanoparticles can be counted now
Scientists from the Sweden’s Gothenburg University have shown the possibility to sort and count particles or aggregates formed by particles.
As already know naonparticles of...