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Gold Nanoparticles Help Detect A Toxic Metal -- Mercury (April 27, 2007) -- With gold nanoparticles, DNA and smart chemistry as their tools, scientists have developed a simple "litmus test" for mercury that eventually could be used for on-the-spot environmental monitoring of ... > full story

New Nanocomposite Processing Technique Creates More Powerful Capacitors (April 26, 2007) -- A new technique for creating films of barium titanate nanoparticles in a polymer matrix could allow fabrication of improved capacitors able to store twice as much energy as existing ... > full story

Nanotechnology Provides 'Green' Path To Environmentally Sustainable Economy (April 26, 2007) -- As products made with nanometer-scale materials and devices spread to more industries and markets, there is a growing opportunity and responsibility to leverage nanotechnology to reduce pollution, ... > full story

Boron Buckyball: Materials Scientists Find Stable, Spherical Form For Boron (April 26, 2007) -- A new study from Rice University predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms. The research shows a stable structure for a molecular sphere of 80 ... > full story

New Materials For Making 'Spintronic' Devices (April 26, 2007) -- Scientists have devised methods to make a new class of electronic devices based on a property of electrons known as "spin," rather than merely their electric charge. This approach, dubbed ... > full story

Scientists Create Nano Nose Aimed At Sniffing Out Diseased Cells (April 26, 2007) -- Scientists have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins. The sensors, which can be trained to detect a wide variety of proteins, could ... > full story

Water Flows Like Molasses On The Nanoscale (April 25, 2007) -- A Georgia Tech research team has discovered that water exhibits very different properties when it is confined to channels less than two nanometers wide -- behaving much like a viscous fluid with a ... > full story

Theory Predicts Aging Process In DVDs, Plexiglas, Other Polymer Glasses (April 25, 2007) -- Polymer glasses are versatile plastics widely used in applications ranging from aircraft windshields to DVDs. Scientists have now developed a theory that predicts how these materials age. The theory ... > full story

Discovery Of New Family Of Pseudo-metallic Chemicals (April 25, 2007) -- A new discovery allows scientists to manipulate a molecule discovered 50 years ago in such as way as to give the molecule metal-like properties, creating a new, "pseudo" element. The pseudo-metal ... > full story

Superman Beware: Scientists Uncover Kryptonite (April 24, 2007) -- Superman's nemesis, kryptonite, is no longer the stuff of fiction. A new mineral matching its unique chemistry -- as described in the film Superman Returns -- has been identified by scientists at the ... > full story

Chemists Identify Organic Molecules That Mimic Metals (April 20, 2007) -- Chemists at UC Riverside report that a class of carbenes -- molecules that have unusual, highly reactive carbon atoms -- can mimic, to some extent, the behavior of metals. The organic molecules could ... > full story

UCLA Scientists Design New Super-Hard Material (April 20, 2007) -- Ultra-hard materials are used for everything from drills that bore for oil and build new roads to scratch-resistant coatings for precision instruments and the face of your watch. Scientists are now ... > full story

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