News articles tagged with 'layer'
Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction
— 4 Nov 2009 14:00 | TechnologyThe Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL)... — full story
Pinning down superconductivity to a single layer
— 30 Oct 2009 11:04 | TechnologyUsing precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a... — full story
New look for antiques
— 28 Oct 2009 11:23 | ChemistryIn the past, restoration of paintings and other old artwork often involved application of acrylic resins to consolidate and protect them. One of the most important tasks for modern... — full story
MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass
— 10 Sep 2009 18:37 | TechnologyTo protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass... — full story
Toward making smart phone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant
— 20 Aug 2009 13:02 | TechnologyScientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing... — full story
New eco-friendly self-cleaning material tough on stains, light on effort
— 16 Aug 2009 17:00 | ChemistryCleaning oily smears from kitchen countertops, mirrors, garage floors, and other surfaces with plain water - rather than strong detergents or smelly solvents - may seem like pure fantasy.... — full story
Self-healing surfaces
— 4 Aug 2009 12:08 | TechnologyHuman skin is a phenomenon - small scratches and cuts heal quickly, leaving no trace of a scar after just a few days. It's a different matter with materials, such as metals - if the... — full story
Tiny diamonds on Santa Rosa Island give evidence of cosmic impact
— 22 Jul 2009 10:59 | Geology and palaeontologyNanosized diamonds found just a few metres below the surface of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara provide strong evidence of a cosmic impact event in North America approximately... — full story
Unexpectedly long-range effects in advanced magnetic devices
— 1 Jul 2009 17:27 | TechnologyA tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding... — full story
3D printing for new tissues and organs
— 18 Jun 2009 13:49 | TechnologyA more effective way to build plastic scaffolds on which new tissues and even whole organs might be grown in the laboratory is being developed by an international collaboration between... — full story