News articles tagged with 'solution'
'Spincasting' holds promise for creation of nanoparticle thin films
— 30 Mar 2011 17:34 | TechnologyResearchers from North Carolina State University have investigated the viability of a technique called 'spincasting' for creating thin films of nanoparticles on an underlying substrate…
Upgrading the vanadium redox battery
— 18 Mar 2011 15:09 | TechnologyThough considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide range of temperatures and…
Nanorods developed in UC Riverside lab could greatly improve visual display of information
— 14 Mar 2011 20:06 | TechnologyChemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that…
Highly precise nanostructuring using ultrasound: New procedure to produce porous metals
— 4 Mar 2011 15:00 | TechnologyThey are corrosion resistant, mechanically strong and withstand exceedingly high temperatures. With such characteristics, porous metals are generating a growing interest in numerous…
Metallic molecules to nanotubes: Spread out!
— 24 Feb 2011 20:29 | TechnologyA lab at Rice University has stepped forward with an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique properties - and adds more…
NIST technique controls sizes of nanoparticle clusters for EHS studies
— 3 Feb 2011 17:24 | HealthThe same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications - small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-soluble - also cause…
Universal solvent no match for new self-healing sticky gel
— 28 Jan 2011 16:33 | TechnologyScientists can now manufacture a synthetic version of the self-healing sticky substance that mussels use to anchor themselves to rocks in pounding ocean surf and surging tidal basins.…
Canadian researchers discover new way to prevent infections in dialysis patients
— 27 Jan 2011 18:05 | HealthResearchers have discovered that a drug used to treat dialysis catheter malfunction in kidney dialysis patients may now also help prevent both malfunction as well as infections…
Speeding up Mother Nature's very own CO2 mitigation process
— 20 Jan 2011 16:19 | EnvironmentUsing seawater and calcium to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) in a natural gas power plant's flue stream, and then pumping the resulting calcium bicarbonate in the sea, could be beneficial…
Answers to black hole evolution beyond the horizon?
— 19 Jan 2011 18:23 | AstronomyOne of the most important predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity is the existence of black holes. The dynamics of these systems are not yet fully understood, but researchers…