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They are inventing new kinds of storage devices and developed the first hard drive. IBM. But only a few lucky ones get inside IBM's Almaden Research Center. Here we get you in and you talk with Mark Dean, PhD, IBM Fellow and vice ...READ»
We're all used to water-repellent materials nowadays, and it's no surprise to see droplets running off special cloth without wetting it. The technology has, however, only worked for cold water. Until now, thanks to ...READ»
Super-strong artificial muscles and telephony iPods? The future looks brighter--especially if you listen to President Obama's plans, as he laid them out for Jay Leno on Thursday. And with Gmail's new "Undo" feature, even ...READ»
The list of useful applications for carbon nanotubes seems to be growing exponentially: Yesterday there was news that the material could strengthen carbon-fiber even further, and now there's news of a breakthrough in making ...READ»
Composite materials are increasingly a feature of our engineering--they're super-strong and light, outperforming metals like steel with ease, which is why they're often used in aeronautical engineering. Now a group at MIT has figured ...READ»
Developments in Nanotechnology continue apace, and a new invention using nanotubes promises an eco-friendly approach to both consume CO2 and produce useful fuel as a bi-product.
The device was created at Pennsylvania State ...READ»
Carbon nanotubes have been proposed as solutions to a host of modern technical problems, from space elevators to pin-point accurate drug delivery. But a more viable role for the 'tubes is as a computer memory storage device. And a ...READ»
Carbon nanotubes are one of the nanotechnology wonder materials of the near future, used in electronics, optics, for super-strong materials and as novel semiconductors, but there are emerging concerns about the environmental and ...READ»
