A team at the University of Illinois have come up with a polymer that is developed using nanotechnology that can literally fill in its own cracks and tears. And no, they haven't exactly called it...
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by Eric Roston on September 25, 2006
When the state of U.S. science and technology came under attack last year, the National Nanotechnology Initiative stood out as a program that forged ahead in tight fiscal circumstances and a declining...
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by Eric Roston on September 12, 2006
Shooting people with armor-piercing bullets isn't very nice, for a number of reasons. For one, chemists went to all that trouble of creating fibers for bullet-resistant vests, and sharp-tipped...
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Plastic Logic, a company at the forefront of plastic electronics, has developed the world's largest flexible organic active matrix display. The displays measure 10 inches diagonally and are...
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ApNano, the first commercial nano-based lubricant available since 2004, has been adapted for use in products benefiting from its shock absorbing properties by researchers at the University of...
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