Rice To Host Year Of Nano, Buckyball Discovery Conference
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:36:51 -0700
The biggest names in nanotechnology are preparing to gather this fall at Rice University, and everyone is welcome to join them. Registration is open for Year of Nano events to be held Oct. 10-13 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the carbon 60 molecule, the buckminsterfullerene, at Rice. The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology ...
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High-tech Opportunities For Silk
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:22:16 -0700
A decade of research yields new uses for ancient materialTougher than a bullet-proof vest yet synonymous with beauty and luxury, silk fibers are a masterpiece of nature whose remarkable properties have yet to be fully replicated in the laboratory.Thanks to their amazing mechanical properties as well as their looks, silk fibers have been important materials in textiles, medical sutures, and even ...
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Science literacy at risk of extinction
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:41:16 -0700
Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs? The answer is of course no, but about a third of Australians got it wrong in a recent survey.
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