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Recyclable electronics: just add hot water
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), along with partners In2Tec Ltd (UK) and Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd, have developed a printed circuit board (PCB) whose components can be easily separated by...
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Nanocrystals and Nickel Catalyst Substantially Improve Light-Based Hydrogen...
Hydrogen is an attractive fuel source because it can easily be converted into electric energy and gives off no greenhouse emissions. A group of chemists at the University of Rochester is adding to its...
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Making a Better Invisibility Cloak
The first functional "cloaking" device reported by Duke University electrical engineers in 2006 worked like a charm, but it wasn't perfect. Now a member of that laboratory has developed a new design...
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Stanford's touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself
A team of Stanford chemists and engineers has created the first synthetic material that is both sensitive to touch and capable of healing itself quickly and repeatedly at room temperature. The advance...
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World's first 3D printing photo booth set for scan
Ever wanted a life-like miniature of yourself or loved ones? Now's your chance, thanks to Omote 3D, which will soon be opening what's described as the world's first 3D printing photo booth in...
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3D Printing: This Century's most disruptive innovation?!
:: Video :: David F. Flanders like so many in his generation is obsessed with creation: the simple power to imagine something and then build it. This is perhaps due to over enthusiasm in Lego as a...
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Visualizing Floating Cereal Patterns to Understand Nanotechnology Processes
Small floating objects change the dynamics of the surface they are on. This is an effect every serious student of breakfast has seen as rafts of floating cereal o's arrange and rearrange themselves...
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House in Yamasaki is an Energy Efficient and Naturally Daylit Greenhouse Home
This fantastic house in the Hyogo Prefecture is topped off with three greenhouse structures that draw natural light into the home. Designed by Yo Shimada of Tato Architects, the House in Yamasaki is a...
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Study Reveals Clues to Cause of Hydrogen Embrittlement
Findings could guide design of new embrittlement-resistant materials Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and...
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Mix Masters: Scientists Image the Molecular Structure of Polymer Blends
Using an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy" developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), researchers there have shown that they can peer into the structure of blended...
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Predicting Material Fatigue
Polymer composites: luminescent zink oxide tetrapod filler makes inner damage visible Detection of material failure is a difficult task for engineers, because cracks inside a material block can hardly...
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The streets of Vancouver are paved with recycled plastic
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Global Liveability Report, the beautiful city of Vancouver in Canada is a pretty decent place to live, ranking third in the world. Its...
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Next Year’s 3-D Printers Promise Big Things — Really Big Things
2012 has been a big year for 3-D printing, but the industry has quietly been growing for decades. And the innovations are impressive — for every new plywood-clad 3-D printer kit that makes the rounds...
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New Atomic-Layer Electrodeposition Method Yields Surprising Results
A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, could "unlock an important new technology" for creating nanomaterials,...
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Engineers Seek Ways to Convert Methane Into Useful Chemicals
Little more than a decade ago, the United States imported much of its natural gas. Today, the nation is tapping into its own natural gas reserves and producing enough to support most of its current...
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How to Treat Heat Like Light
New Approach Using Nanoparticle Alloys Allows Heat to Be Focused or Reflected Just Like Electromagnetic Waves An MIT researcher has developed a technique that provides a new way of manipulating heat,...
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Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouse
Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouse looks like a lofty treetop dwelling taken straight from the elves' forest home of Lothlorien in Lord of the Rings! The Roost rises up above the forest floor with...
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A Desktop Machine To Turn Your Old Plastic Into 3-D Printing Fodder
As 3-D printing becomes more ubiquitous, we’re going to need stuff out of which to make our 3-D printed toys and gadgets. How about the contents of your recycling bin? In that not-too-far-off day in...
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New Information On Binding Gold Particles Over Metal Oxide Surfaces
The strong binding of gold on electronically modified calcium oxide can now be understood in detail. In a computational study, researchers Jenni Andersin, Janne Nevalaita, Karoliina Honkala and Hannu...
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Researchers Create Self-Healing, Stretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and the polymer sheath reconnect at the molecular level after being...
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