Science

US Navy Develops Fuel from Seawater

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TMC13 Deposition Rate Controller now supports Multi-Crystal sensors

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Support for multi-crystal sensors

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First principles approach to creating new materials: Solid-state chemistry and theoretical physics combined to help discover new materials with useful properties

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The artificial hetero-structuring of complex materials at the atomic scale

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Images From NASA Mars Rover Include Bright Spots

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This image from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes a bright spot near the upper left...

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Global Recovery Offers Opportunity for Growth and Policy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa

The World Bank Group’s latest regional economic update projects growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to accelerate from an average of 2.6% in 2013 to 4.6% in 2015. With the global economy set for a rebound, 2014 seems hopeful and...

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Rebar technique strengthens case for graphene: Rice University lab makes hybrid nanotube-graphene material that promises to simplify manufacturing

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Carbon nanotubes that serve as reinforcing bars in graphene partially unzip in the process created at Rice University. The unzipped part of...

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Trees go high-tech: process turns cellulose into energy storage devices

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To bridge LEDs' green gap, scientists think small... really small: Nanostructures half a DNA strand-wide show promise for efficient LEDs

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This simulation of a one-nanometer wide Indium Nitride wire shows the distribution of an electron around a positively charged 'hole.'...

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