A huge step toward mass production of graphene

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Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging ...

9 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Cotton is the fabric of your lights... your iPod... your MP3 player... your cell phone

Consider this T-shirt: It can monitor your heart rate and breathing, analyze your sweat and even cool you off on a hot summer's day. What about a pillow that monitors your brain waves, or a ...

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicals.

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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New study provides a better understanding of how mosquitoes find a host

The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal, ...

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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You have your MoM's ions

Hip replacement patients with metal-on-metal (MoM) implants (both the socket and hip ball are metal) pass metal ions to their infants during pregnancy, according to a new study presented today ...

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery

A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.

Tue 9 Mar 10 from BBC News

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IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling

When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle.

Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Asking 'what would nature do?' leads to a way to break down a greenhouse gas

A recent discovery in understanding how to chemically break down the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful form opens the doors for scientists to wonder what organism is out there - or ...

Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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How to see through opaque materials

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New experiments show that it's possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.

Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Strength is shore thing for sea shell scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have made synthetic 'sea shells' from a mixture of chalk and polystyrene cups - and produced a tough new material that could make our homes and offices more durable.

Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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