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What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

01.07.2008
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
Creating environmentally friendly fuel from trash might be the ultimate recycling feat  
New Nanotube Structures

New Nanotube Structures

27.05.2008
Nanoscience, Materials Science
Weizmann Institute Scientists Create New Nanotube Structures  
Top: The cell pulls to maintain a fixed stretch in the gel. Middle: If the gel is externally stretched, the cell can reduce the force it exerts. Bottom: If the gel is alternately stretched and relaxed, the frustrated cell cannot "decide" how much force to exert. This results in the cell orienting perpendicular to the stretch direction

Two-Way Stretch

01.10.2007
Materials Science
Cells in biomaterials respond to the speed with which the material is stretched
(l-r) Prof. Antoine Kahn, Dr. Oliver Seitz, Prof. David Cahen and Dr. Ayelet Vilan. Changing chemical bonds

Introducing Impurity

01.10.2007
Chemistry, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Doping nanomaterials improves their electrical properties
Smart Ceramics

Smart Ceramics

01.10.2007
Materials Science
Under certain conditions, a "smart" ceramic material behaves more like rubber
Prof. Lucio Frydman. Super-sensitive, ultra-fast

Symphony in a Second

01.10.2007
Particle Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
A combined method for ultra-fast MRI promises new research possibilities
A New Technique May Speed the Development of Molecular Electronics

A New Technique May Speed the Development of Molecular Electronics

26.07.2007
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
THE INSIDE DOPE   Often, things can be improved by a little 'contamination.' Steel, for example is iron with a bit of carbon mixed in. To produce...
Tough Enough

Tough Enough

02.05.2007
Materials Science
Adding nanotubes to composite materials should greatly enhance their properties
A Story with a Twist

A Story with a Twist

01.05.2007
Nanoscience, Materials Science
Twistable nanotubes might point the way to new microelectronic devices.
Sensing Trouble

Sensing Trouble

01.10.2006
Space & Physics, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A mini-sensor on a chip could detect everything from asthma to explosives

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