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"Pushing Boundaries: Honoring the Contributions of Vasek Vitek,"

Posted on: 7/6/2009 12:00:00 AM... Vasek Vitek was exploring largely uncharted territory as he toiled on atomistic simulation of dislocations and stacking faults in the wee hours of the morning at Oxford University in the late 1960s.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Stanford News Service

Light-absorbing nanowires may make better solar panels

A century after German physicist Gustav Mie derived the math to explain why the colors in some stained glass windows look especially resplendent in the sunlight, a team of Stanford engineers has built upon his work to potentially improve a means of harvesting energy from the sun.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA, Science

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Stimulus supports $2.35M battery project at ORNL

ORNL will work with A123Systems on better processing techniques for materials associated with advanced lithium-ion batteries, according to information released today by the Dept.

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Related Topix: Science, Department of Energy, Entertainment

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Nanotechnology latest papers

The structural properties of GaN insertions in GaN/AlN nanocolumn heterostructures

The strain state of 1 and 2.5 nm thick GaN insertions in GaN/AlN nanocolumn heterostructures has been studied by means of a combination of high resolution transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and theoretical modeling.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

JOM

July 2009 Cover: The cooling towers of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant are ...

With June comes summer, and with summer comes beach reading. This month, in keeping with our Electronic Materials theme, JOM asks: Which materials-related titles would you be most likely to take with you on a summer vacation? The poll is conducted via the JOM Reader Zone of the TMS Discussion Board .

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, University of Texas at Austin, Science

The Knoxville News Sentinel

Stimulus supports $2.35M battery project at ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will work with A123Systems on better processing techniques for materials associated with advanced lithium-ion batteries, according to information released today by the Department of Energy.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Science

Mon Jun 29, 2009

EurekAlert!

MIT: A new approach to engineering for extreme environments

Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades.

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Related Topix: Science, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Chowk

LUMS Girls enjoying : Pictures

IST is the educational face of the country's space agency, SUPARCO 4.A group of teachers and Ph.D. students visited the lab on 26 November 2008.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, World News, Pakistan, Robots, Science / Technology, Syracuse University

Fri Jun 26, 2009

LiveScience

Nanoparticles Explored for Preventing Cell Damage

Sudipta Seal, materials scientist and engineer at the University of Central Florida, holds a bottle containing billions of ultrasmall, engineered nanoceria.

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Related Topix: University of Central Florida, Science, Biology

Wed Jun 24, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

A new approach to engineering for extreme environments

Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades.

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Related Topix: Science, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Nanotechnology latest papers

The synthesis of high coercivity cobalt-in-carbon nanotube hybrid...

Magnetic heterostructures with carbon nanotubes having multiple functionalities are fascinating materials which can be manipulated by means of an external magnetic field.

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Nanotechnology latest papers

The controlled growth of single metallic and conducting polymer...

The fabrication of nanowires with well-controlled lengths and diameters is the basis of the application of one-dimensional nanostructures in more sophisticated electronic and biomolecular device systems.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, University of Pittsburgh, Science

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Nanotechnology latest papers

A plasma sputtering decoration route to producing thickness-tunable...

A plasma sputtering decoration route to producing thickness-tunable ZnO/ TiO2 core/shell nanorod arrays Meili Wang et al 2009 Nanotechnology 20 285311 doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/28/285311 Meili Wang 1 , Changgang Huang 1,2 , Yongge Cao 1,4 , Qingjiang Yu 3 , Wang Guo 1 , Quanlin Liu 2 , Jingkui Liang 1 and Maochun Hong 1 1 Key Laboratory of ...

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Taiwan, Science

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Ag Professional

Bioplastics software in development at Iowa State to be tested at international plastics show

Bioplastics software in development at Iowa State to be tested at international plastics show Jun.

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Related Topix: Ames, IA, Iowa State University, Agriculture

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Nanotechnology latest papers

NiO(111) nanosheets as efficient and recyclable adsorbents for dye pollutant removal from wastewater

Semiconductor single-crystalline polar NiO nanosheets with well-defined hexagonal holes have been investigated for application in dye adsorption and combustion processes.

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Related Topix: Science, World News, China, Asia, Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Fri Jun 12, 2009

University of North Texas News Service

Department of Defense awards UNT engineering student prestigious scholarship

DENTON , Texas -- Certain explosive devices can cut through the armor used by the U.S. military, leaving soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan vulnerable to attacks.

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Related Topix: Department of Defense, US News, Denton, TX, University of North Texas, US National Guard, US Military, Science, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, US Air Force

Thu Jun 11, 2009

EurekAlert!

Tunable semiconductors possible with hot new material called graphene

Today's transistors and light emitting diodes are based on silicon and gallium arsenide semiconductors, which have fixed electronic and optical properties.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, Physics, Science

Tue Jun 09, 2009

WKYC-TV - Education News

Cleveland: Science teachers get their hands dirty to encourage students

We've all heard how important it is to develop future scientists in our schools.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, ASM International NV, Case Western Reserve University, Science

Mon Jun 08, 2009

North Texas Daily

Engineering, art come together for garden

The Garden of Honor, dedicated today at UNT's Discovery Park, is similar to the Trans-Siberian Railroad for one engineer.

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Related Topix: College of Visual Arts

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Cleantech.com - Accelerating the next...

MIT's new alloy has chromea s shine but not its toxins

Marlborough, Mass.-based Xtalic has licensed MIT's technology on a worldwide level and thinks it has a commercially viable product.

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Related Topix: Marlborough, MA, Science, Science / Technology, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Inventions

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