Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a nanomaterial that
protects other molecules from oxidation. Unlike many such active
substances in the past, the ETH-Zurich researchers' antioxidant
has a long shelf life, which makes it just the ticket for
industrial applications. In findings that could help overcome a
major technological hurdle in the road toward smaller and more
powerful electronics, an international research team involving
University of Michigan engineering researchers, has shown the
unique ways in which heat dissipates at the tiniest scales.
Mobile phones that bend, self-powered nanodevices, new and
improved solar cell technology and windows that generate
electricity are but a few of the potential products from the
union of semiconductors and graphene. There were high hopes of
using carbon nanotubes, particularly for ultra-fast water
transport to desalinate seawater. However, a simulation now
reveals that these ultra-fast transport rates might have not
been properly grounded after all. Researcher