Scientists have yet again invented something new. What is it today? Batteries that repair themselves automatically. How do these scientist make these kind of batteries? Well, the scientists have created these things called metacapsules that repair the battery. These microcapsules, filled with liquid metal, sit on a gold conductive layer. If the circuit is mechanically [...]
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A real life spider man?
January 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry
According to BBC News, U.S. researchers have created silk worms that are made to spin thicker and stronger silk. Scientists from the University of Wyoming say that their goal in the future is to create worms that will spin silk that is as tough as spider silk. Which in weight to weight terms, spider silk [...]
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New Metal Found Deep in Earth
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics
Inside Earth’s core, the pressure and temperatures are so intense that when atoms and electrons are squeezed tightly together, they react quite differently than normal. Their materials change with depth. New experiments and studies have revealed that iron oxide undergoes drastic changes deep inside the earth. Iron oxide, FeO, is a components of ferropericlase, the second [...]
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Viruses Build Molecules
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry
Scientists have used a well-known virus to produce resemblances of skin and bone. Besides just exploring how these materials develop in the natural world, their hard work also “brings synthetic production of tissue… closer to reality. Basic molecules are combined with other chemicals to create completely different material. The article uses the example of protein. [...]
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Microscopic View on Quantum Fluctuations
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics
At absolute zero all motion in the world is frozen. Even though everything is frozen special quantum mechanical fluctuations persist and can cause the transition between two quantum phases. Scientists first cool the rubidium atoms to a temperature much like absolute zero. Then it goes to a light field where lasers create a one dimensional [...]
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New Knowledge About ‘Flawed’ Diamonds Could Speed the Development of Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics
The study of diamond based technology took an unexpected turn when mistakenly scientists used a “flawed” diamond. Fortunately this mishap helped them take a leap to a faster discovery. It gave them a better understanding of these defect systems. Diamonds were being researched because of their strong and interesting structure. The reason why some diamonds [...]
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Nanotechnologists Take Lessons from Nature
June 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry
It is known that perfection is the enemy of good, but in the nanoscale world perfection is the enemy of the best. Engineers and scientists go to great lengths to make the devices we use as perfect as possible, and there is always room for improvement and the ability out-due the previous device. For example; [...]
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Antimatter Atoms Are Now Able To Be Stored
June 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Chemistry
A group of international scientists all the way over in Switzerland are really doing some interesting work with atoms. Last year back in November, they informed the scientific world of their achievement. This unheard of accomplishment was being able to capture and store antimatter atoms for relatively short periods of time. These same scientists had [...]
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First Polymer Solar-Thermal Device
June 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry
Most geothermal add-ons for heat pumps take heat from the air or ground, but the new polymer solar-thermal device uses a fluid to accumulate heat from the sun. At the same time an integrated solar cell creates electricity from the sun’s visible light. Researcher, David Carroll, says,”It’s a systems approach to making your home ultra-efficient because [...]
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Mysterious Process of Cell Division
June 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry
Christine Keating and Meghan Andes-Koback,from Penn State University, used a new technique of constructing models of primitive cells from the bottom up to demonstrate that the structure of a cell’s membrane and cytoplasm is important to cell division. It might even be as important as the specialized machinery found in living cells. Keating and Andes-Koback [...]
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