New Device Purifies Saltwater Over a 1000 Times Faster Than Standard Industrial Equipment
The future of desalination: Using a Teflon-like membrane to purify water Water scarcity is a growing problem around the globe. In Africa alone, it is…
Nanotubes
“Quantum Friction” Explains Fluid Dynamics Mystery That Has Baffled Scientists for 15 Years
“Quantum friction” slows water flow through carbon nanotubes, resolving long-standing fluid dynamics mystery. For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water…
Nanotube Fibers Stand Strong – But for How Long Under Stresses and Strains?
Rice scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue. Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It’s…
“Fundamental Discovery” Used To Turn Nanotube Into Tiny Transistor – 25,000x Smaller Than Width of a Human Hair
An international team of researchers has used a unique tool inserted into an electron microscope to create a transistor that’s 25,000 times smaller than the…
Cancer Cells Use “Tiny Tentacles” To Suck Mitochondria Out of Immune Cells
With the power of nanotechnology, investigators have discovered that cancer cells strengthen by forming nanotubes that they use to suck mitochondria out of immune cells….
Carbon Nanotubes Could Help Electronics Withstand Outer Space’s Damaging Cosmic Radiation
Space missions, such as NASA’s Orion that will take astronauts to Mars, are pushing the limits of human exploration. But during their transit, spacecrafts encounter…
Organic Semiconductor Nanotubes Used To Create High-Performance Electrochemical Actuator
Actuator Discovery Outperforms Existing Technology University of Houston researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of…
Moiré Than Meets the Eye: Carbon Nanotubes Self-Assemble Into Complex Structures for Materials Research
Material behaviors depend on many things including not just the composition of the material but also the arrangement of its molecular parts. For the first…
New Composite Material Revs Up Pursuit of Ultra-Efficient Electric Vehicle Motors
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new…
New Spectroscopic Methods to Observe Energy Flow in the Nano Range
It is crucial for photovoltaics and other technical applications, how efficiently energy spreads in a small volume. With new methods, the path of energy in…
Advanced Microprocessor Built Out of Carbon Nanotubes
New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers. After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing…
Household Ingredients Rich in Sodium Help Grow Carbon Nanotubes
Baking soda, table salt, and detergent are surprisingly effective ingredients for cooking up carbon nanotubes, researchers at MIT have found. In a study published this…
Creating Predictable Patterns from Unpredictable Carbon Nanotubes
Integrating nanoscale fibers such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into commercial applications, from coatings for aircraft wings to heat sinks for mobile computing, requires them to…
New Technique Dramatically Cuts Production Time of Nanotube Fibers
The terms “handmade” and “high tech” are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly…
Researchers Optimize Nanomaterials for Fuel-Cell Cathodes
New research from Rice University shows that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons may be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the…
MIT Researchers Create Perfect Nanoscrolls from Graphene Oxide
Using both low- and high-frequency ultrasonic techniques, scientists have fabricated nanoscrolls made from graphene oxide flakes. Water filters of the future may be made from…
Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Display Singular Qualities
In a newly published study, researchers at Rice University demonstrated that two walls are better than one when turning carbon nanotubes into materials like strong,…
Carbon Nanotube Fibers Provide Two-Way Communication with Neurons
New research from Rice University reveals that carbon nanotube fibers provide a two-way connection with neurons and show promise for treating patients with neurological disorders….
