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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Researchers Named APS Fellows

Five researchers from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have joined the ranks of the more than 200 American Physical Society (APS) fellows for 2009.

22 Dec 2009

Result Could Lead to High-Grip Nanomaterials

Microscopic ridges contouring the surface of flower petals might play a role in flashing that come-hither look pollinating insects can't resist. Michigan State University scientists and colleagues now have figured out how those form.

22 Dec 2009

Advancing Toward A New Generation of Biobased Adhesives and Glues

With would-be goblins and ghosts set to drape those huge fake spider webs over doorways and trees for Halloween, scientists in Wyoming are reporting on a long-standing mystery about real spider webs: It is the secret of spider web glue.

22 Dec 2009

Multifunctional Nanocomposites Warning Diabetics About their Glucose Levels

Diabetics may soon be able to wear contact lenses that continuously alert them to variations in their glucose levels by changing colours - replacing the need to routinely draw blood throughout the day. The non-invasiv...

22 Dec 2009

New Approach for Treating and Healing Skin Abscesses Using Nanotechnology

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study appears in the journal PLoS One.

22 Dec 2009

Nanotechnology Improving Wool's Qualities

Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool - already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities.

22 Dec 2009

Microanalysis System for Rapid Mercury Detection

Water contaminated with mercury is very dangerous for both people and the environment, as mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals. Though laboratory analyses do deliver precise quantitative measurements, they require expensive equipment, take a long time, and cannot be carried out on-location.

22 Dec 2009

Crystallographer Selected to Receive Dana Medal

Ross Angel, research professor of geosciences and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2011 Dana Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA).

22 Dec 2009

Key Discovery Boosting Efforts to Use Carbon Nanotubes as Catalytic Supports in Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) provided the technology and a Visiting Scientist Fellowship that helped a Missouri State University researcher make a key discovery which should boost efforts to use carbon nanotubes as catalytic supports in direct ethanol fuel cells.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 21 Dec 2009

New Methods to Develop Amazing Materials that Could be Used for Nanoelectronics and Energy Storage

New results by scientists at Umeå University show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The information is helpful in...

21 Dec 2009