Science

Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent metals: Super-hydrophobic properties could lead to applications in solar panels, sanitation and as rust-free metals

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Professor Chunlei Guo has developed a technique that uses lasers to render materials hydrophobic, illustrated in this image of a water...

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Hydrogels deliver on blood-vessel growth: Rice researchers introduce improved injectable scaffold to promote healing

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A microscopic image shows the extensive infiltration of robust blood vessels (red) in a new hydrogel scaffold developed at Rice University...

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Magnetic Nanosorbents Able to Eliminate Chemical Contaminants

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Nanotechnology Used to Produce Ceramic Membrane with High Thermal Stability

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Solving an Organic Semiconductor Mystery

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Sketch of organic semiconductor thin film shows that the interfacial region between...

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Nanoparticles for clean drinking water

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Nanoparticles Able to Eliminate Pathogen Bacteria Biofilm

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NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists.

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