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What is Nanotechnology?
The term nanotechnology has been bandied about for years, but what is it, and more importantly, where is it going?
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How Nanotech Solar Cells Work
Traditional solar cell technology is experiencing a never seen before exploit in recent years thanks to innovative nanotechnological research.
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Solar Antennae that Generate Power
A team at the Idaho National Laboratories has developed an innovative method to manufacture nanoscale antennae at the right size to capture energy from the sun.
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New design improves fuel cell
The widespread use of hydrogen fuel cells for personal vehicles is one step closer this week, thanks to a team of scientists' tinkering.
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Nano-nano : Simulation at the Microscopic Level and Smaller
This article discusses the overall trend toward miniaturization and how computational techniques are playing a role in this development.
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Soccer Balls and Bucky Tubes
This article briefly describes how carbon nanotubes have evolved as candidates for some of the most exciting materials applications being considered today. As well, a brief introduction into modeling efforts in this area is given.
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Richard E. Smalley - Fullerenes and Nanotubes
Richard E. Smalley is a Nobel Prize winning chemist at Rice University. He was part of the team that developed supersonic beam laser spectroscopy, as well as the team that discovered fullerenes.
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An Introduction to Biophysics
The biological world can often seem like an arbitrary place, but at its heart it is governed by the laws of physics.
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