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Nanoscavengers - the next generation of water purifiers?

Daniela Vognar wrote 1 day ago: This new technology could be the answer to water pollution. Among its many talents, silver is an ant … more →

Tags: Environmental Engineering, Nature Communications, Stanford University, water pollution, water purification

Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms | Mother Jones

digger666 wrote 2 days ago: Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms | Mother Jones. … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Politics & World Affairs, Medicine & Health Care, Health & Safety, agriculture, arboriculture, horticulture & fisherie, relationships, systems studies & analysis, Environmental Medicine, International Development

Nanoscavengers Could Usher in Next Generation Water Purification1 comment

Chakshu Baweja wrote 2 days ago: The disc-like synthetic nanoscavengers collected magnetically. (Credit: Mingliang Zhang, Stanford Sc … more →

Tags: News and Articles, Science/Facts, Science News, Science Facts, Science, freak scientist, Magnet, Stanford University, Nature Communications

Planned Vikings Stadium will have world's largest transparent roof

digger666 wrote 3 days ago:   viking stadium artist’s impression (image: courtesy gizmag) Planned Vikings Stadium wil … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Sport, Design, ARCHITECTURE - URBAN PLANNING, Engineering, Minnesota Vikings, metro stadium, transparent roof

Nanotech material protects from most liquids1 comment

Ippo wrote 4 days ago: A new coating developed at the University of Michigan can repel virtually any liquid and could lead … more →

Tags: technology, Air Force, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, hydrophobic surface, non-newtonian fluids, non-newtonian fluid, Science, stain-proof

Make your own invisibility cloak with a 3D printer

digger666 wrote 5 days ago: Make your own invisibility cloak with a 3D printer. electric fields within invisibility cloak plasti … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Physics, ict, Optics, Engineering, colour, 3D Printing

First Chinese stealth drone 'ready' for test flight

digger666 wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from China Daily Mail: The Chinese military is making preparations for the inaugural fligh … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Politics & World Affairs, Asia, Transportation, China, International Development, Engineering

Plug into a plant: A new approach to clean energy harvesting

digger666 wrote 1 week ago: Plug into a plant: A new approach to clean energy harvesting. Now this has been a fantasy of mine fo … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Physics, Energy efficiency, life sciences, Biochemistry, energy harvesting

O*NET Helps You Find Jobs

osumaterialsresearchsociety wrote 1 week ago: Here are a few searches recently completed on O*NET, giving great descriptions of job types, job tas … more →

Tags: Links, Jobs, Onet

Making solar cells with a kitchen microwave

digger666 wrote 1 week ago: Making solar cells with a kitchen microwave. This definitely falls into the “DON’T TRY T … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Energy efficiency, Engineering, solar cells, Fabrication, domestic microwave oven

Meet our Yoda of robotics

Jas wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from News @ CSIRO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSWiZR6BjJ4&feature=youtu.be Today m … more →

Tags: Science, Physical Sciences, CSIRO, Australia

Video: New Material for Invisibility Cloaks

physicsgg wrote 1 week ago: The new material’s artificial “atoms” are designed to work with a broad range of l … more →

Tags: invisibility

Waxing Innovative: Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles Using Paraffin.

zedie wrote 1 week ago:   When Scientific American heard from chemist Ray Baughman a year ago, he and his international team … more →

Tags: Science, Business, Finland, Carbon Nanotube, University of Cincinnati, Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Aalto University

How Graphene and Friends Could Harness the Sun's Energy Hitting Walls

terraxt wrote 2 weeks ago: Combining wonder material graphene with other stunning one-atom thick materials could create the nex … more →

Tags: Energy 2, Energy, graphene

Does the Earth’s Crust Contain Enough Stuff to Enable Renewable Energy Dominance?3 comments

Craig Shields wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m writing this post from my annual visit to the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Energy … more →

Tags: Renewables - Science, black swan, China, Cigs, neodymium, Power Generation, Rare Earth Elements, university of california at santa barbara, Energy Efficiency Summit

First time observation: Self-assembling nanoparticles

digger666 wrote 2 weeks ago: Reblogged from Talesfromthelou's Blog: Self-assembling nanoparticles - YouTube. http://www.yout … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, robotics, Engineering, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, Self assembly

Shape-shifting MorePhone curls to indicate incoming calls

digger666 wrote 2 weeks ago:   The MorePhone prototype smartphone curls up to indicate an incoming call or message (image: c … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Consumer Electronics, Futurology, Engineering, materials, shape shifting materials, shape shifting phone

Researchers propose new shape resolution metric for shape-shifting mobile devices

digger666 wrote 2 weeks ago:   The ten features of the team’s proposed shape resolution metric (image: courtesy gizmag … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, ict, Consumer Electronics, materials, shape shifting materials

LG first to market with Curved OLED TV

digger666 wrote 2 weeks ago: lg-curved-oled-tv (image: courtesy gizmag) LG first to market with Curved OLED TV. You’d best … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, Innovation, Design, Energy efficiency, Consumer Electronics, Engineering, Entertainment, Curved OLED TV, curved tv


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