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Enabling electric vehicles to get 500 miles on a single charge
Instead of life extension focus on health extension
The first true lithium-air battery still functions after 750 charge/discharge cycles
New nanoparticles destroy viruses including herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus and Dengue and Lentiviruses
The era of fully fledged quantum computers threatens to destroy internet security as we know it
An ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive produced at supersonic speed
Photosynthetic solar cell captures atmospheric CO2 and sunlight, produces burnable fuel
Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots
New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
Using a supersonic spray, graphene flakes with deformed pentagonal and heptagonal structures stretch on impact and spring into a perfect hexagonal graphene lattice. This opens the way to scale up from the microscopic to large scale applications. Click on image to download. Photo credit: Suman Sinha-Ray. - See more at: http://news.uic.edu/supersonic-spray-delivers-high-quality-graphene-layer#sthash.gqbeyRsd.dpuf
Supersonic spray delivers high-quality graphene layer at low cost
Eileen Weinheimer-Haus and Timothy Koh. Click on image to download. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services - See more at: http://news.uic.edu/vibration-may-help-heal-chronic-wounds-researchers-find#sthash.j8DHev3W.dpuf
Vibration may help heal chronic wounds
Cheap metals can be used to make products from petroleum
Delayed aging is better investment than cancer, heart disease research
New nanotube surface promises dental implants that heal faster and fight infection
Perfectly doped quantum dots yield colors to dye for