Science

Harper Government Announces Support for U of S Nanoscience Research: Uses for New Nanostructured Coatings Range from Biomedical to Oil Sand Sectors

The $183,946 investment from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) will help Canada Research Chair in Nanoengineering Coating Technologies and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Qiaoqin Yang, and her team purchase specially-made equipment...

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High-quality nanometric bilayers prepared by aqueous solutions

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Quality comparison of the 15 nanometres layers obtained by PAD (chemical deposition) or PLD (pulsed laser deposition).

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cientists Track 3D Nanoscale Changes in Rechargeable Battery Material During Operation: First 3D nanoscale observations of microstructural degradation during charge-discharge cycles could point to new ways to engineer battery electrode materials for bette

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These images show how the surface morphology and internal microstructure of an individual tin particle changes from the fresh state through...

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The Search for Seeds of Black Holes

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The galaxy NGC 4395 is shown here in infrared light, captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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First Ring System Around Asteroid

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World's first flexible multi-functional timer to be distributed at Printed Electronics Europe

Led by IDTechEx, partners included consumer goods company Procter & Gamble, printed logic company PragmatIC, printed battery supplier Blue Spark Technologies, conductive ink and photonic curing equipment supplier NovaCentrix and Cal Poly, who...

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NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our Fingertips

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When you look up at the Milky Way on a clear, dark night, you'll see a band of bright stars arching overhead. This is the...

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Spintronic Thermoelectric Power Generators: A step towards energy efficient electronic devices

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Schematic of the spintronic thermoelectric device fabricated by the University of Utah’s researchers. This device can convert even minute...

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