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News about exotic and new materials from around the Globe.

Metals in Wine
Metals involved in the colour of wine
Universidad de Navarra, Spain

Electronic Noses (Sensors)
How bad is your breath? A bioelectronic sensor can now tell you to three decimal places
Nature

Sensors
Improved X-ray vision to stop nuke smugglers
New Scientist

Wearable Electronics
Clothing gives sportsmen a kick up the pants
New Scientist


Nanotechnology

Liquid drop takes big nano step
BBC

Carbon Nanotubes
Fine Fabric: New, fast way to make sheets of nanotubes
Science News

Electronic Skin
Electronic skin gives robots human-like touch
New Scientist

Building Materials
Self-Cleaning Building Materials a Possible Weapon in Fight Against Smog
MIT Technology Review


Diamonds

Synthetics drive diamond revolution
CNN


© BMC
Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotube bike enters Tour de France
NanoTechWeb


© Peter Lu et al., Harvard Univ
Diamonds

Chinese made first use of diamond
BBC


© Univ. Michigan
Bendable Concrete

Researchers make bendable concrete
University of Michigan

High-Tech Textiles
'Extreme Textiles' come of age
NewYork Times


© Peter Lu, Harvard Univ
Diamonds
A Diamond Polish for Ancient Tools
Science News for Kids

Magnetic Liquids
A Curious Fluid and an Electric Jolt Deliver a Magic Carpet Ride
NewYork Times


© BBC
Lasers

Silicon-based laser on a chip
BBC News


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NASA/MSFC
Solar Sail spacecraft
Riding Sunlight

Science News for Kids

Plastics
Plastics created from orange peel
BBC News

Nanotechnology
Small Wonders

The Economist

Biomimicry
Inspired by Nature

Science News for Kids


© BBC
2-D carbon sheet could form new transistor

Radical fabric is one atom thick
BBC


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Discovery Channel News
Smart textiles
Pine Cone Inspires Hi-Tech Fabric

Discovery Channel

Nanocarpet made of Nanotubes
A new method of killing bacteria
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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AP photo
Growing bone
Doctors grow new jaw in man's back

CNN.com

Making glass in micro-gravity
Glass from space

FirstScience.com

Glowing coral
Bacteria “Light Bulbs” Inside Coral

Science News for Kids


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Rice University
NanoPutians
The Incredible Shrunken Kids

Science News for Kids

Nanotechnology to repel unwanted marine hitchhikers
Barnacle-free boats
ScienCentral


© BBC
"Smart wool" has conductive fiber blended with the wool

Heated wool offers cosy feet
BBC

Shell Building Crystals Formed in Blood Cells
Sea Shells and Blood Cells
Science for Kids

Newest Form of Carbon
Flaky New Carbon: Light and Magnetic
International Herald Tribune

Self-Assembly of Nano-structures
Technique lets nano shapes assemble themselves
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


© Lucent Technologies Bell Labs
Nanotechnology

'Nanograss' Turns Sticky to Slippery in an Instant
New York Times


© BBC
Perfect Lenses Using Metamaterials

Science closes in on perfect lens
BBC Online


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Carnegie Institution
Diamonds Made Harder
Cooking up superhard diamonds

Science News for Kids

Nanoparticles in Action
Nanosponges soak up pollutants

Science News for Kids

Explosions
Shattered eggs reveal secrets of explosions
Nature

Nanoscience in Nature
Marine Sponges Provide Model For Environmentally Friendly Nanoscale Materials Production
Science Daily

Candy Science
M&Ms pack more tightly than spheres
Science News Online

Astronomical diamond
Diamond star thrills astronomers
BBC Online

Light from silicon
Intel makes light work for chips
BBC Online


© Polymer vision/Philips
Electronic E-paper

Flexible E-Paper: Plastic circuits drive paperlike displays
Science News Online


© NIST

New form of matter

Researchers Unveil New Form of Matter
Scientific American

How does fluoride strengthen teeth?
How fluoride firms up teeth
Nature

Perfect French Fries
In search of the perfect french fry
Science News for Kids

Fingerprinting Gems
Unscrambling a gem of a mystery
Science News for Kids

Artificial Snail
Polymer snail crawls like the real thing
Scientific American

Electronic Paper
Electronic paper turns a page
Science News for Kids

Preserving History
Preserving ancient chinese terra-cotta warrior paint
Science News for Kids

Substitute for a Shot
A micro-dose of your own medicine
Science News for Kids

Electronic Paper and Ink
Opening a window on video paper
Science News for Kids

How do Wrinkles Form?
The physics of ... wrinkles
Discover

Crumbling Cookies
Broken biscuit breakthrough
BBC

Carbon Nanotubes
Going Up to the final frontier
Star Telegram

Nanotechnology
Tiny tech emerges in a big way
The Detroit News

Artificial Leaves
Designing a better catalyst for artificial photosynthesis
Science Daily

Waterproof Materials
Butterfly wings and waterproof coats
Science News for Kids

Silk
Secret of silk may have been solved
MSNBC

Multi-Layered Coatings
Layer-by-layer assembly yields thin films and sheets
Science Daily

Metal Jaws
Jaws of clamworm hardened by zinc
Science Daily

Stain-free Pants
Nanotechnology creates stain-free pants
Science-Reuters

Faster Computers from Chicken Feathers
Chicken Fried Computers
Discover

New Sticky Tape
Scientists unravel mystery of geckos' sticky feet
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Miniature Thermometers
Scientists create carbon nanothermometer
Scientific American

Tiny Machines
Systems smaller than a human hair
The Boston Globe

Super-Strong Threads
Nanotubes make tough threads
Science Daily

Plastic Bone
The Plasti-Bone: Office Of Naval Research Looks At A Ceramic Polymer Innovation In Medicine
Science Daily

Strange Foam
Studying the Physics underlying foam
NASA News

Small is Big
'Nano' Suddenly a Gigantic Label
WIRED News

Wonder-Glass from Space
Glass formed in space has remarkable properties
NASA News

 

 

 

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