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Copper promises cheaper, sturdier fuel cells: Copper nanowires offer an efficient, inexpensive approach to solar energy harvesting

The copper nanowires, seen here with a nickel coating, can split water molecules under the power of sunlight.

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Power boosting self-cleaning solar panels

Zuobin Wang of Changchun University of Science and Technology (China), Jin Zhang of Xi'an Technological University (China) and colleagues at Cardiff University (UK), who are partners of the EU FP7 LaserNaMi project, have devised an approach to...

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UV-sensors from the oven: cientists at Kiel University revolutionize the nanostructure production process

Schematic represenation of zinc oxide nanostructures, which were produced by burner-flame transport synthesis, bridging two contacts.

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Solar-powered battery woven into fabric overcomes hurdle for 'wearable electronics'

Convenient, wearable, solar-powered electronics could be on the way soon, incorporated into watchbands (as above) or woven into clothing...

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New milestone could help magnets end era of computer transistors

As current passes through a strip of tantalum, electrons with opposite spins separate. Researchers used the resulting polarization to...

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CRIXlabs promo presentation of NuSilico software created by Nanobotmodels: Nanobotmodels animation studio presents new CRIXlabs presentations about NuSilico software!

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Budget deal: "We managed to get the priorities right"

Alain Lamassoure

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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Uses New Airborne Radar to Search for Downed WWII Aircraft Wreckage

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will lead a team of scientists and engineers to fly a Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (MB-SAR) to gather information to aid in the search and recovery of unaccounted for aircraft losses in Papua New Guinea...

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